| FLY | With 54-Across, furnace emission |
| COALGAS | Furnace emission |
| USER | With 54- Across, service charges |
| FALSE | With 54- Across, commonly believed misconception |
| SAVESOMEFOR | * With 54- Across, "Don't eat all your popcorn during this 2019 thriller's first scene!" |
| SPLIT | With 54-Across, each pay as you go? ... or a hint to solving 14-Across, 16-Across, 23-Across, 27-Across, 40-Across, 42-Across, 66-Across, and 68-Across |
| HERETODAYAND | With 54-Across, a description of 37-Across |
| YANKEE | With 54-Across, moniker of 62-Across |
| ANYTHING | With 54-Across, hit from 36-Across |
| SOCIALSECURITY | With 54-Across, opposite of 18-Across |
| LEONARD | With 54-Across, 61-/64-/66-Across composer |
| SIXTEENTH | With 54 Across, 38/40 Across' place in history |
| COLD | With 54-Across, "Viva La Vida" rock group, and what 17-, 28-/30- and 40-Across each is? |
| BREAKING | With 54-Across, TV drama where 36-Across made his debut |
| THELOST | With 54-Across, Oscar film for '45 (with Ray Milland) |
| BAD | With 54-Across, spa town on the Lahn River |
| ITCOULDJUSTASEASILY | With 54 Across, a baseball coach's comment |
| TATER | With 54-Across, Ore-Ida morsel |
| BODY | With 54 Across, dramatic WrestleMania takedown |
| WILD | With 54-Across, 2007 Tim Allen movie |