| FUNERALDIRECTOR | Most of characters in 25 across and 9 across responsible for putting people down (7,8) |
| FUNERALS | Opening 15 across and starting scandal for the specific reason of putting people down (8) |
| THEBEATLES | 61 Across responsible for the title given by asterisked entries (3,7) |
| MEDICALEXAMINER | Most of those in 25 across and 9 across working in a dead-end job (7,8) |
| CHICKENMARYLAND | Most of 25 across and 9 across on the menu in The Restaurant (7,8) |
| COLLECTEVIDENCE | Construct a case for most of those in 14 across and 9 across (7,8) |
| PARISHREGISTERS | Local records produced by 8 across and 9 across and One Direction (6,9) |
| SWAPSHOP | An agency for putting people with articles to exchange or trade in touch with one another (4,4) |
| CORRECTEDPROOFS | For the most part, 25 across and writer associated with 8 across worked in the bookmaking industry (9,6) |
| CREDIT | Direct system for putting people in debt |
| AFISHOUTOFWATER | What 19 down may be responsible for -- putting one in an unfamiliar environment (1,4,3,2,5) |
| GRETA | Director Gerwig who is presumably responsible for putting Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in neon roller-skating outfits |
| ACADEMICDEGREES | For instance, first and second of 25 across and 26 across joining society (8,7) |
| OVERSEE | Be responsible for putting extra element into middle of poem? |
| ONTHEFENCE | Phrase meaning "torn between decisions" whose first seven letters are an anagram of the first seven of "ten of hearts": 3 wds. (Theme answer: The first word is the opposite of the first word of 25-Acr |
| VOTERS | No sin in investors putting people in the house (6) |
| CLOCKGOLF | Mug's game putting people in a circle for this? |
| PRODUCER | Person responsible for putting on a play (8) |
| INNKEEPER | One responsible for putting others behind bars? |
| PASTEUR | Louis, a chemist responsible for putting rates up (7) |
