| JOSH | With 41-Across, |
| SEASON | With 41-Across, good time for a cliffhanger ... or what each of 17-, 24-, 50- and 63-Across has? |
| VIOLA | *With 41-Across, 'How to Get Away With Murder' Emmy winner |
| CLEVELAND | With 41-Across, NBA team in Ohio that 36-Across had played for since 2011 |
| RUN | With 41-Across, group with the 1986 hit "My Adidas" |
| SPLIT | With 41-Across, causes of hung juries ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 25-, 51-, and 64-Across |
| THREEDAYS | With 41-Across, tag line for 64-Across |
| PIECEOF | With 41-Across, classic love song suggested by the ends to 18-, 24-, 50- and 60-Across |
| WILLIAM | With 41-Across: This 93-year-old TV legend will boldly go to Antarctica Dec. 19-29 along with Neil deGrasse Tyson and other celebs |
| REESES | With 41-Across, popular candy represented by the circled letters in 17-, 26- and 57-Across? |
| MEL | With 41-Across, baseball Hall of Famer with 511 career home runs |
| HERETODAYAND | Like a has-been (with 41-Across) |
| MADE | With 41-Across, traveled fast |
| LEI | With 41-Across, annual May 1 celebration |
| THE | With 41-Across, thing sometimes resisted |
| ANNE | With 41-Across, Wag the Dog costar |
| SNO | With 41-Across, Nestle nonpareil |
| LLANIGNIOG | With 41-Across, proceeding willy-nilly |
| RENEE | Shown, with 41-Across, "Jerry Maguire" star |
| LIFE | With 41-Across, generational sequence |
