| GOOD | With 44-Down, kindness |
| COLD | With 44-Down, conflict between 7-Down and the 34-Down |
| DIRTY | With 44-Down, Cajun dish with giblets |
| PRIDE | With 44-Down, event with rainbow flags |
| TEN | With 44 Down, success for 39 Down |
| GOFLY | With 44-Down, advice to 27-Across/32-Down? |
| FINISH | With 44-Down, go out with a bang ... or a hint to 16-, 21-, 29-, 34-, 46- and 54-Across |
| MORSE | With 44-Down, "key" invention of the 1830s |
| TOM | With 44-Down, fictional prankster |
| WASHINGTON | Django Unchained actress (with 44 Down) |
| SCHOOL | With 44-Down, student driver? |
| PIA | With 44-Down, "Butterfly" Golden Globe winner |
| BIG | With 44-Down, oaf |
| OFMICE | With 44-Down, biography of Walt Disney? |
| THE | With 44-Down, closing words |
| ONE | With 44-Down, "Wait your turn" |
| ATALE | Dickens title opener, with 44-Down |
| SHA | With 44-Down, a 1974 Al Green hit |
| DRY | With 44-Down, trichloroethylene user |
| LOIS | With 44 Down, "Superman" reporter |
