| ASILIVE | With 33-Down and 51-Across, "What a surprise!" |
| FOURTHWALL | Thing broken by Deadpool (after 13-Down, 22-Down and 51-Down) |
| MUSE | Calliope, Clio or Erato, for example, in the mythology of 33 Down and 1 Across (4) |
| TRADE | See 33-Down, and word that can precede the end of the answers to starred clues |
| OOH | Decapitated a bear ___ what a surprise! (3) |
| WELLTODO | What a surprise! Put on a fuss, being wealthy (4-2-2) |
| WELLWELL | Fit and healthy? What a surprise! (4,4) |
| YIPPEE | What a surprise! Old you held address for gym (6) |
| OHMYGOD | Spins good maiden over - what a surprise! (2,2,3) |
| MYTH | What a surprise! Half of that is fiction (4) |
| GOSH | Become quiet. What a surprise! (4) |
| FORTHEBOOK | Attend literary launch? What a surprise! (4,2,3,3,4) |
| TURNUP | Attend literary launch? What a surprise! (4,2,3,3,4) |
| ISAY | Learner driver banned from one of the Hebrides: what a surprise! |
| ISAIAH | Book is excellent - what a surprise! |
| PHARAOH | Old king Herod's beginning to punch soldier - what a surprise! |
| GLOOMY | Depressed, I leave cold house - what a surprise! (6) |
| EMMY | Award writer rejected -what a surprise! (4) |
| TAIAHA | Staff given fish - what a surprise! |
| SCOTT | Great Waverley author - what a surprise! (5) |
