| THEREWASAN | With 35- and 49-Across, start of a refrain whose ending words appear in sequence in the answers to s |
| TONIGHTSHOW | With "The," post-prime time fare since the '50s, four of whose regular hosts appear in sequence in t |
| MANIFESTDESTINY | 19th-century American doctrine suggested by the phrase formed by the first words of the answers to s |
| ESSAYER | One trying English writer, whose ending comes first (7) |
| THEQUALITY | (and 26 across) Start of a famous speech by 19 across in 15,20 across (3,7) |
| SPELL | Make words appear as though by magic? (5) |
| SOMETHINGOLD | With 52 Across, start of a bridalwear rhyme |
| DOEADEER | Start of a refrain in "Do-Re-Mi" |
| TRALA | Start of a refrain (hyphenated) |
| TRA | Start of a refrain |
| FREEDOMISNTFREE | These words appear on a granite wall, inlaid in silver; at 34/45/78-Across |
| BUMPHEADS | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49- Across can be |
| LACRIMOSA | Part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Requiem mass, set as a discrete movement by many composers, including Mozart, Berlioz and Verdi |
| STRAIGHT | Five cards in sequence in poker ; word for a neat drink; or, an uncurved or last part of a racecourse (8) |
| CHORALLY | Nothing in church gathering in the manner of a refrain (8) |
| REVOLVINGDOOR | In a sequence in the film The Godfather (1972) |
| SEPIA | Tone of the Kansas sequences in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| SHA | Part of a refrain from a backup singer |
| ONTHESIDE | Do these in sequence in addition to normal job (2,3,4) |
| DEFEAT | Have three letters in sequence in front to baffle |
