| PEKING | Kissing, in absence of Charlie, with love a popular poultry preparation (6,4) (Continued in 30 Across) |
| DUCK | Kissing, in absence of Charlie, with love a popular poultry preparation (6,4) |
| HARD | Spirits that may enlighten you about our side theme (Continued in 30 Across) |
| AROUSED | Woke up and, in the absence of Charlie, drank freely |
| SAILOR | "Ship Ahoy!" (All the Nice Girls Love a -), popular English music hall song (6) |
| BARIUMMEAL | Real detour in Mumbai to find X-ray preparation (6,4) |
| CHICKENTARRAGON | Popular poultry entree |
| MOCHA | With love, a companion takes mum out for coffee (5) |
| SOPRANO | Significant other person eloped with love, a singer (7) |
| SHEARS | Poultry preparation tool |
| CLINTEASTWOOD | Born 5/31/1930, entertainer associated with the phrase formed by the starts of 20-, 31- and 41-Acros |
| THINGSFALLAPART | Classic 1958 Chinua Achebe novel ... and a hint what literally happens in 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Acros |
| THEJETSONS | TV series that first aired 9/23/1962 whose family shares first names with 17-, 24-, 34- and 49-Acros |
| INNERVOICES | One's toughest critics, often, and, literally, three different words hidden in 21-, 26- and 43-Acros |
| ITSATRAP | Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Acros |
| STOPLIGHT | Signal hinted at by the first parts of 17-, 31- and 46-Acros |
| TAMBO | He became acting president of the African National Congress in 1967 and continued in that role until Nelson Mandela took over in 1991, Oliver ... |
| PERSISTED | Continued in spite of difficulty for each half sibling of Irish priest |
| PDA | Kissing in a crowd, e.g., in brief |
| PECKING | Kissing in a sort of order (7) |
