| PAWS | Dogs' "dogs" |
| MUST | "___ Love Dogs" (2005 romcom) |
| SIR | "For once maybe someone will call me '___,' without adding, 'You're making a scene'": Homer Simpson |
| SMILE | Directive before "You're on 'Candid Camera'" |
| YER | "___ Blues" (song on the Beatles' "White Album") |
| DURAG | "Anyone who has ever worn a ___ spells it '___,'" per a 2018 New York Times article |
| EVE | "Gangsta Lovin'" rapper, 2002 |
| AINT | The Beatles' "___ She Sweet" |
| WAS | The Beatles' "Till There ___ You" |
| IMA | The Monkees' "___ Believer" |
| SHOWER | Example of 39- and 34-Down |
| GIMMEABREAK | 1980s Nell Carter sitcom, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in the ends of 17-, 32-, 39- and 46-A |
| MONEYHUNGRY | Greedy and avaricious ... like someone devouring the ends of 3-, 8-, 16-, 39- and 64- |
| SAND | French writer who spent three months in Mallorca during the winter 1838/39 and wrote a book about the experience (6,4) |
| GEORGE | French writer who spent three months in Mallorca during the winter 1838/39 and wrote a book about the experience (6,4) |
| BULL | Symbol of an "up" market, and what can precede the last parts of 17-, 39- and 62-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| STARIN | Headline, and feature shared by 19-, 34-, 39-, and 53-Across |
| BESTMUSICAL | Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39- and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| FINE | Word that can precede the last parts of 18-, 39- and 59-Across and 3- and 26-Down |
| BREAKALEG | "Good luck!" ... and a hint to 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across |
