| GOTIN | Successful crashed the gate |
| ELEPHANT | The animal crashed the plane (8) |
| PRANGED | The party leader phoned, Edward, and crashed the car (7) |
| CHARTERED | Hired and crashed the red car (9) |
| BUSTED | Year 3000 and Crashed The Wedding hitmakers (6) |
| CHARLOTTEBRONTE | Crashed the car lent to Rob, a novelist |
| VEHICLE | He, Clive, crashed the car! (7) |
| SEAPLANE | Trunk carrier crashed the plane, probably a jumbo (8) |
| MAILVAN | Alvin M.A. crashed the postal delivery vehicle (4,3) |
| RODIN | Sculptor whose works include The Thinker, The Kiss, The Athlete, The Age of Bronze, Eve and The Gate |
| TONIGHT | With "the" and 32-Across: Jimmy Fallon's program, where David Letterman and 1-Across reunited on Monday when Letterman crashed the taping |
| BOARDINGCARD | Accommodating The Queen - sounds like something the flighty types would ask for at The Gate (8,4) |
| SIGN | "The ___ on the gate said 'Beware of the dog'." |
| YARDLINE | "Now he's spotted the pizza delivery boy, who's through the gate and crossing the ___!" |
| THEPORTER | In 2.3, what is the name of the character who opens the gate for Duncan's son and Lenox? |
| PUSHBACK | Move away from the gate, at the airport: 2 wds. (Theme answer: A word seen on a door handle is followed by a synonym for "to the rear.") |
| TAXIES | Goes from the gate to the runway |
| ISAT | "The enemy ___ the gate" |
| TAXI | Move from the gate to the runway, say |
| ALGA | The call centre opens the gate for kelp |
