| PANSY | Colourful cousin of 17 Across |
| GREY | Like a little green Martian... or its less colourful cousin? (4) |
| MACAW | Colorful cousin of a cockatoo |
| UNO | Colorful cousin of crazy eights |
| GREENBEAN | Lima's colorful cousin? |
| FOGBOW | Rare weather phenomenon that's white, unlike its colorful cousin |
| REESE | Walk The Line co-star of 17. Across, ... Witherspoon |
| DOS | Creations of 17- Across |
| FEZZAN | Name for the historic region of northern Africa and until 1963 one of the three provinces of the United Kingdom of Libya. It is part of 17 Across and now constitutes the southwestern sector of Libya. |
| BYEBYEBYE | 2000 NSYNC hit whose title suggests a farewell, and a hint to the starts of 17-Across, 34-Across and 42-Across |
| GRAND | Word with the starts of 17-Across, 37-Across and 58-Across |
| POPE | Satirist, source of 17 Across and 34 Across, 54 Across (4) |
| PUTYOURFOOTINIT | Make a mistake, or what you might do with the last word of 17 Across, 26 Across and 43 Across? * (3,4,4,2,2) |
| KEVINHART | Movie star/friend of 17-Across who appeared on Logan Paul's show on Thursday, during which he stated that 17-Across's condition was steadily improving: "The dope thing is that he's getting better" |
| APCOURSE | Challenging HS class, or a description of 17-Across, 28-Across, and 48-Across, in a meal |
| MISFITTOYS | Domain of #17-Across, Island of ___ ___ |
| ALEC | Actor Baldwin (costar of 17 Across in 51 Across) |
| RAP | Music genre of Swizz Beatz (husband of 17 Across) |
| SOFTGEE | Subdued exclamation of wonder? (start of 17-Across) |
| EIGHTYSIX | Number of 17-Across in 64-Across |
