| RATA | With 59-Across, a knock |
| ATTILATHE | With 59 Across, a noted scourge |
| ROGER | With 59-Across, a 35-Down portrayer |
| HAM | With "on" and 59-Across, a hint to the theme hidden in three places in this puzzle |
| WATERWATER | With 59-Across, words from a fictional mariner ... and a hint to both parts of 26-, 31-, 42- and 47-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 |
| STARDUST | With 59-Across, 1980 film by 1-/69-Across |
| DRY | With 59-Across, like a whiteboard |
| WECANREMEMBERIT | With 59-Across, story by 42-Across |
| CALIFORNIA | With 59-Across, what 28- and 47-Across are |
| THEDORKATTHE | With 59 Across, film about a dweeb whose room is on the second floor? |
| MAP | With 59 Across, what's found within many a legend |
| 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 |
