| GUITARS | Axes chopped it with 15D (7) |
| DICED | Chopped it squarely as one shot craps (5) |
| XYLEM | Axes chopped up elm's woody tissue |
| SAINT | With 15D, Quebec town that produces western boots |
| COW | Leader with 15D? (3) |
| BACK | With 15D 1981 TV series presented by the hidden botanist (4) |
| YARD | With 15D 1981 TV series presented by the hidden botanist (4) |
| SCARLET | & 15D 2000 novel by Maeve Binchy (7,7) |
| WITHOUT | & 15D 2006 novel by Kathryn Fox (7,7) |
| SUNDOWN | 15D following English 17 (7) |
| LETITIA | & 15D Actress who has played Albert Square icon Sharon Mitchell on and off since 1985 (7,4) |
| WINDSOR | ___ Castle, site of 8A's wedding to 15D and 68A's Christening (7) |
| WAISTLINE | It may expand with age, leading to 19A, 15D, or 28D |
| SAN | & 15D River rising in the Sierra Nevada that forms a large delta with the Sacramento River near Suisun Bay (3,7) |
| HONEYMOON | 1937 novel by Dorothy L Sayers (7,9) (see 15D) |
| BUFFYTHE | , 15D & 21A 1992 action-comedy film starring Kristy Swanson in the title role (5,3,7,6) |
| THEGOLDEN | & 15D 2007 fantasy film starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig (3,6,7) |
| STEEN | & 15D Danish golfer; winner of the 2002 Madrid Open tournament (5,7) |
| ROTOR | It's the part that makes a toy drone fly (and the word you get when you take the "at" out of 15D) |
| GREENWICH | & 15D Largely residential area of Manhattan, New York City, US (9,7) |