| THETWORONNIES | Pair who had a misunderstanding with 20 and 54 Across (3,3,7) |
| DESI | Half of a pair who had a 1950s sitcom |
| MALENTENDU | Strangely unlamented misunderstanding with the French |
| TWOTIMED | Deceived pair who had put a watch on (3-5) |
| NYC | Song from 65-Across that's hidden in 20- and 54-Across and 10- and 35-Down |
| TAKEITORLEAVEIT | "That's my final offer," and a hint to 20- and 54-Across |
| NOTE | Word that can follow the ends of 20- and 54-Across and 4- and 26-Down |
| LILOANDSTITCH | Titular Disney pair who learn that "ohana" means family |
| KUKLAANDOLLIE | Puppet pair who debuted on NBC in 1948 |
| MARRIEDCOUPLE | Pair who took vows |
| SHARD | Archaically, a boundary water; dialectically, a gap; vernacularly, a broken piece, crock or scrap of pottery; or, zoologically, from a misunderstanding of Shakespeare, a beetle's elytron or wing case |
| IMBROGLIO | A complicated or difficult situation involving a misunderstanding (9) |
| CLEARUP | Become brighter... and solve or explain a misunderstanding (5,2) |
| MIXUP | A confused jumble or combination of inharmonious objects; or, a misunderstanding (3-2) |
| ISU | There's a bit of a misunderstanding about the ISSF, formerly (3) |
| ATCROSSPURPOSES | With a misunderstanding of each other's argument (2,5,8) |
| ELOPER | Part of a pair who split to unite |
| SHILLINGS | Soprano fell in with pair who produced opera pieces, historically (9) |
| CHIPANDDALE | Disney pair who live in a big oak tree |
| CLEARTHEAIR | Remove tension by settling a misunderstanding (5,3,3) |