| ELIOT | With 113-Across, Al Capone's nemesis |
| JULIAN | And 7 Across. Al-Ahli, 2012-2022 Germany and 2017-2023 Paris St- Germain winger (6,7) |
| MEHDI | And 32 Across. Al Raed, 2015-2021 Algeria and 2011-2015 Newcastle United midfielder (5,5) |
| MATHIAS | And 9 Across. Al Raed and 2019-2022 Norway midfielder (7,7) |
| IRS | Al Capone's nemesis, briefly |
| NESS | Al Capone's nemesis Eliot |
| ELIOTNESS | Al Capone's nemesis (5,4) |
| INONEEARAND | With 113-Across, heard but disregarded ... or a hint to interpreting the Across answers with circled |
| SEVENPOUNDS | With 113 Across, dieter's progress report |
| LEN | With 113-Across, "Funeral in Berlin" author |
| IVAN | With 113 Across, 1987 US Open winner |
| DIFFERENCE | With 113-Across, end of the definition |
| ATE | With 113-Across, had some humble pie |
| EPI | With 113-Across, anaphylaxis treatment tool |
| ARAL | With 113-Across, landlocked waters |
| NED | With 113 Across, Pulitzer Prize composer |
| MERRY | With 113-Across: Mets-Yanks great, after hitting a homer? |
| CHEAT | With 113 Across, gamer's method of becoming invincible, e.g. |
| DEATHOFA | *With 113-Across, 1949 Tony-winning play starring Lee J. Cobb |
| KEITHFLETCHER | England batsman whose seven Test centuries began with 113 against India at Bombay in 1972/3 (5,8) |