| GODOT | Waiting for ___: 1953 play by Samuel Beckett in which the titular character never appears (5) |
| BRIDGE | Connection to Samuel Beckett in Dublin, for instance (6) |
| BATMAN | Character never seen in the same room as Bruce Wayne |
| CRUCIBLE | The _, 1953 play about the Salem witch trials (8) |
| ASAMAN | "End ___" (1953 play) |
| MURDER | Dial M for ___, 1953 Hitchcock film |
| SALEM | Arthur Millers 1953 play, The Crucible, took a swipe at McCarthyism by way of the witch trials in th |
| EHJOE | 1966 BBC TV play by Samuel Beckett staging Jack MacGowran in the title role (2,3) |
| KRAPP | The eponymous hero of a 1958 play by Samuel Beckett (5) |
| HAPPY | 1960 play by Samuel Beckett (5,4) |
| STANA | Actress who plays Kate Beckett in TV drama Castle, ___ Katic (5) |
| KATIC | Kate Beckett in Castle, Stana ... (5) |
| SCOTT | _ Bakula, actor who played Sam Beckett in Quantum Leap (5) |
| LIONS | Oldest NFL team to never appear in the Super Bowl |
| LEFTY | "Waiting for ___"; play by Odets |
| DOCTORFAUSTUS | Christopher Marlowe play in which the titular character gives his soul to the devil (6,7) |
| MARIS | Oft-referenced ex of Niles who never appears, on "Frasier" |
| PEROT | "Waiting for __": Time magazine cover of 5/25/1992 |
| THEGRADUATE | 1967 comedy-drama in which the titular character is seduced by Mrs. Robinson (3,8) |
| VENUSBERG | Setting of Richard Wagner's 1845 opera Tannhauser, in which the titular character meets the Roman goddess of love (9) |
