| CRISSCROSS | Zigzag pattern appeared the second I left crisis angry (10) |
| OLIVER | Musical knight of the theatre entered the second I left (6) |
| ISIS | Credit cut left crisis for Egyptian deity |
| NOBRAINER | Toff and Prince, the second I disappeared, making easy choice |
| KINGKONG | Big monkey is monarch twice? The second I swapped for ring (4,4) |
| GRATUITOUSNESS | Nark catching American dons teaching English the second I expressed it's unnecessary |
| AUDIENCEHISSED | At the Halloween play, when the black cat appeared, the ___ |
| EVE | One of the first gardeners appeared the day before (3) |
| CONSIDERING | In view of second, I disrupt the boxing area (11) |
| BILLBOARDCHART | Where No. 1 - No. 5 appeared the week of April 4, 1964 |
| DANTE | Poet appeared the day before (5) |
| COWBOYS | Team that's appeared the most, and has won five |
| ALTEREGO | For a second I would take another identity... (5,3) |
| ABRASIVE | A British artist, second I have contracted, is caustic (8) |
| MEMOIR | Setter second, I start to reckon, in historical account (6) |
| MICRONAP | "I just need to close my eyes for like two seconds I swear" snooze |
| ADDER | A viper with a black zigzag pattern on the back (5) |
| ZIG | Any of the short, sharp angles or turns of a zigzag pattern |
| PINK | Cut in a zigzag pattern in sewing; mildly left, politically (4) |
| ONDIT | Hearsay from second I trust |