| BON | With 28-Down, popular cleanser |
| AJAX | Popular cleanser |
| TRIAL | Down Popular name for the proceedings in July 1925, in Tennessee, against John T Scopes, charged with teaching evolution (6,5) |
| PUZZLE | Snoring in the middle of stripped down popular English crossword, perhaps? (6) |
| RAMADA | With 65-Down, popular overnight spot |
| EMBASSY | With 47-Down, popular hotel chain |
| KEY | With 26-Down, popular vacation area |
| WOE | With 37-Down, popular book on grammar |
| ANNE | With 40-Down, popular fashion label |
| SONU | With 3 Down, popular playback singer |
| WATCH | With 43 Down, popular TV series |
| COCA | With 54-Down, popular pop |
| LEAVEINSUSPENSE | Most of those in 21 down popular with 9 across, for example? Wait until tomorrow for the solution! (5,2,8) |
| TIC | With 4-Down, popular mint brand ... and a hint to this puzzle's "three-in-a-row" |
| JUDI | And 1 down Popular theatrical Dame (4,5) |
| BACONAND | (& 3-down) Popular breakfast (5,3,4) |
| KIT | With 28-Down, layered chocolate bar |
| THE | With 28-Down, novel conclusion |
| SINE | With 28-Down, oscilloscope output |
| AFTER | With 28-Down, disagreeable quality of diet sodas |
