| WINANOSCAR | What every actor would probably like to do |
| APART | In private, what every actor wants? |
| SPEAKINGPART | Keeping name out of paper's tanking review? What every actor wants! (8,4) |
| APPLAUSE | At the end of the play, it's what every actor hopes for |
| SUPERSCRIPT | What film actor would like to get above the line |
| POP | What a porcupine would probably do to a balloon (or what some kids call their 7A) |
| STEALINGTHESHOW | '___ would be a serious felony since you'd have to take every prop and kidnap every actor' |
| INTHELONGRUN | Where an actor would like to work ultimately? |
| NICK | Actor would like CNN to improve. (4,5) (see 23D) |
| NOLTE | Actor would like CNN to improve. (4,5) (see 1A) |
| COMECLEAN | To tell you the truth, it sounds like something someone from Bath would like to do (4,5) |
| CATCHFORTYWINKS | What an insomniac would like to do, minimally |
| BEATTHEPRESS | What maligned celebrities would like to do? |
| PUNCHTRUMP | What De Niro would like to do? |
| SWORDSTHINGSOUT | What the confused duelist would like to do? |
| CLAP | Put your hands together to make the sweet sound every actor craves |
| GOODPART | What quite a lot of the actors would like? (4,4) |
| A | We asked some favorite Times crossword contributors, "What would you like to do in a daily Times cro |
| SHU | We asked some favorite Times crossword contributors, "What would you like to do in a daily Times cro |
| CONTINENT | "Hit every ___" (what "The White Lotus" creator Mike White said he'd like to do with the forthcoming seasons of his show; they've already done North America, Europe, and Asia) |
