| MORECOWBELL | What Christopher Walken was once asked to say into some guy's answering machine (and he did) |
| VIEWAKILL | Chris Walken was the Bad Guy in the '85 Bond flick, A ____ to _ ____. |
| MARCO | The first Italian to win the 500cc World Championship after the retirement of Giacomo Agostini, and he did it on an RG500. (5,11) |
| LUCCHINELLI | The first Italian to win the 500cc World Championship after the retirement of Giacomo Agostini, and he did it on an RG500. (5,11) |
| IHELD | "___ the sword, and he did run on it" (Shak.) |
| ACT | What Christopher Plummer did |
| STOP | What Christopher has to give up (4) |
| RHYME | What she and he do in verse? |
| EDGE | "If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the ___" (Eccl. |
| ALIG | Character who once asked Boutros-Boutros Ghali if Disneyland was a member of the U.N. |
| CATCHSOMEZS | What I hope I'll be able to do better with my CPAP machine, and what three phrases in this puzzle do to create the double-starred answers |
| EBERT | He once asked "How far down can a thumb go?" |
| UPS | Delivery company that once asked What Can Brown do for you? |
| TENT | Once a wine some guys held on to? |
| CATCATCHMEN | Command to one's feline to capture some guys? |
| BACKUPBANDS | Miami Sound Machine and others, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| RODSTEWART | British singer whose hits include "Maggie May" and "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (2 wds.) |
| UNEXPOSED | Sheltered, as a Parisian once asked (9) |
| AMICABLE | Good-natured question politician once asked himself |
| NON | "Smoking or ___?" (question once asked in restaurants) |