| VALJEAN | 37-Across hero |
| PARM | Chicken ___ (19-Across hero) |
| TENOR | 10-Across hero, often |
| GARIBALDI | A big laird turned out to be 21 across hero |
| SHOWN | (and 6 Across) Hero shot down sadly and asked to leave (5,3,4) |
| ROBINSON | And 18 Across. Hero of a novel By Daniel Defoe (8.6) |
| ALI | With 4-Across, hero of an "Arabian Nights" folktale who said "Open sesame!" |
| NEAT | Far from 37- Across |
| THEONLYTHINGWE | With 25-Across, 37-Across, 48-Across and 57-Across, late night partier's quote |
| CAPITAL | With 37-Across, sentence openings, and what the ends of 16-, 23-, 47-, and 57-Across can be when rea |
| LIU | Lucy ___ costarred with 37 Across in 44 Across |
| HAL | Actor Holbrook (47 Across costar of 37 Across) |
| ROBERTDE | ___ Niro (47 Across costar of 37 Across; 2 wds.) |
| JILL | Actress Flint (costar of 21 Across on 37 Across) |
| GAY | Marcia ___ Harden (featured with 21 Across on 37 Across) |
| ICANTGO | With 37-Across, 1982 #1 single by 41-Across: 3 wds. |
| DEMOND | With 37-Across, actor who played Lamont on 44-Across |
| ALYSSA | With 37-Across, "Charmed" actress who played Tony's daughter Samantha on 18-Across |
| SHUFFLESAND | With 57-Across, what a 37- Across does; also, as the circles show, what each answer containing them does |
| FINGERSCROSSED | "Here's hoping" ... or a hint to 16-Across/10-Down and 37-Across/14-Down |
