| ACADEMYAWARD | A mad cad involved with weary Oscar (7,5) |
| ANNWIDDECOMBE | Women in bed with cad involved our erstwhile agony aunt (3,10) |
| INHERIT | Be left at home by husband, with weary back |
| ERIE | Lake that rhymes with weary |
| HOWAREYOU | Greeting love with weary shuffling in time that appears endless |
| TRUDGE | Get heartless rude movement in walk with weary steps |
| RICKANDMORTY | Animated sitcom on Adult Swim about a mad scientist's escapades with his grandson: 3 wds. |
| FRANKENSTEIN | Classic sci-fi novel whose title character is a mad scientist |
| NUTSANDBOLTS | What one making a mad dash is, and does? Basic stuff |
| POTTYTRAINED | Able to control waste output a mad having tried an alternative (5,7) |
| DURANTE | Comedian who literally kicks a bucket in It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
| BIGW | "Under a ___" (Durante's clue to where the money is buried in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World") |
| COMMAS | Characters in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" |
| SIDCAESAR | "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" co-star |
| STANG | Arnold of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" |
| EDIE | Adams in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" |
| ITS | "___ a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1963 movie) |
| SHAWN | Dick, US actor whose film roles included Sylvester Marcus in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (5) |
| TEAPARTY | A pretty spread with a Mad Hatter et al (3,5) |
| SNODGRESS | Carrie ___, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Diary of a Mad Housewife (9) |
