| THESPINNERS | Band that sang "Then Came You" with Dionne Warwick, or how you might refer to 17-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| ELTON | He sang a #1 song with Dionne, Gladys, and Stevie |
| BOSSMAN | How you might refer to a dude you report to |
| COUNTYTOWN | Warwick or Leicester, for example (6,4) |
| SHE | How you might refer to your car affectionately |
| THEN | "___ Came You" (1974 Dionne Warwick and Spinners chart-topper) |
| TOBECONTINUED | With more on the way ... or how you might describe our six theme entries, considering how their two words begin |
| TOBITS | How something might crumble, or how you might love someone |
| OUTOFSORTS | Irritable ... or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues? |
| OURSELF | How the Queen might refer to her being sore shaking with flu |
| THONGS | Word that might refer to pairs of underwear or pairs of shoes |
| GALS | How cowboys might refer to women |
| BUNK | How a cowboy might refer to a bed |
| SIS | How your father might refer to your aunt |
| THEISLAND | It might refer to Manitoulin or Cape Breton |
| QUOTE | What in France admitting to 'going west' might refer to |
| REMBRANDTS | Band that sang the "Friends" theme song "I'll Be There for You," with "the" |
| STOPPED | Raced round to get Penny, then came to a halt (7) |
| ATOZ | How a dictionary's entries are arranged; or how you could "travel" in each of the four countries featured in this puzzle, since their names contain both letters (3 wds.) |
| LIST | A grocery shopper might refer to one |
