| ASTRADDLE | Standing across (something) |
| ATHWART | Standing across |
| STRATUS | Standing across river in cloud |
| FOOTLING | Standing across line is foolish (8) |
| SITCOM | Yes, it comes across something funny (6) |
| TRANSVERSE | Extending across something |
| CROSSBAR | A horizontal bar that goes across something. |
| MET | Ran across something within |
| SACROSANCT | Can't cut across something hallowed (10) |
| FOODFOR | With 42-Across, something to consider, and a hint to the double meaning of the ends of 17-, 21-, 57- and 66-Across |
| BANANA | With 7-Across, something to start with |
| LAPEL | Place to 24-Across something |
| THE | With 6 Across, something to cut to |
| CABBAGE | 24 across, something to catch, to catch, you heard, given success, caught (7,5) |
| ICE | With 4-Across, something that might splinter due to global warming |
| MURDER | With 71 Across, something you'll find in this puzzle's corners |
| RIOT | With 51-Across, something to "read" |
| CAR | With 54-Across, something worn on a road trip |
| BORDERLINE | With 52-Across, something in a gray area |
| INTHE | And 21 Across Something despicable awaiting, as these rankings will somehow show? (5,2,3,5) |
