| FLEETWOOD | With 59-Across, 'Tusk' band |
| STARDUST | With 59-Across, 1980 film by 1-/69-Across |
| WECANREMEMBERIT | With 59-Across, story by 42-Across |
| CALIFORNIA | With 59-Across, what 28- and 47-Across are |
| DEPECHE | "Enjoy the Silence" band to be inducted on Nov. 7, with 59-Across |
| SKIPPING | With 59-Across, lakeside activity ... or a hint to the words spelled across the fifth, eighth and 11th rows of the completed grid |
| WATERWATER | With 59-Across, words from a fictional mariner ... and a hint to both parts of 26-, 31-, 42- and 47-Across |
| WELCOMETOMY | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| OUTER | With 59-Across, where [circled letters] came from |
| DUCK | FIRST COURSE: With 59-Across, 1933 Marx Brothers comedy |
| BEL | With 59-Across, affluent Los Angeles area |
| ONA | With 59-Across, abroad, perhaps |
| EUBIE | With 59 Across, jazz composer/pianist |
| THE | With 59-Across, 1995 Sandra movie |
| FOIE | With 59-Across, liver delicacy |
| SUSPENDED | With 59 Across, dormancy |
| CAR | With 59 Across, source of auto tunes |
| NOB | San Francisco hill ... or, with 59-Across, split decision? |
| EGG | Food rhyming with 59 Across |
| VLADIMIR | With 59-Across, "Nabokov, pay attention!" |