| SAMEOLDSAMEOLD | 20- and 38-Across |
| SEEINGSTARS | In pain, and what you're doing for the answers to 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| ELECTRICCAR | One is parked at the starts of 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| PRIMENUMBER | 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 25-Down all start with one |
| AARON | With 35-Across, Yankee right fielder who broke the records of 18-Across and 38-Across |
| JOHN | And 38 across Father and son royal gardeners and plant collectors (4,10) |
| PASTASHAPES | 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 31-Down start with them |
| WILL | With 17-, 18-, 1-, 17-, 62-, and 38-Across, the chorus to 38-Across |
| RUNNINGBACK | Offensive football player, or what each of the last words in 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 33-Down could be, in a new phrase |
| HARRYSTYLES | English pop singer whose name sounds like a goofy hint to the ends of 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| NOBEL | With 32- and 38-Across, 2014 honor won by the writer of 15-Across |
| IMPRESSIONISM | Art style shared by 17-Across and 38-Across |
| MEATLESSMONDAY | Weekly occurrence when 20-, 31- and 38-Across might be consumed |
| RELIGIOUSLEADER | Minister or imam, say ... and, in two ways, a hint to words hidden in 17-, 29- and 38-Across |
| STEWEDPEARS | Cooked fruit dessert ... and a cryptic hint to the start of 17-, 31- and 38-Across |
| SNARKATTACK | Applied sarcasm, examples of which are at 17- and 38-Across, as well as 11- and 37-Down |
| WINNINGSTREAK | Exciting series of events that 20-, 30-, and 38-Across together form? |
| GRACEKELLY | 16-Across's co-star in 37- and 38-Across |
| BURYTHEHATCHET | Make peace, and a hint to how 19-, 29- and 38-Across were formed |
| ALL | With 36-Down and 38-Across, Blink-182 hit song, and a description of four long answers in this puzzle |
