| ROPEBRIDGE | Certain cavern crosser, or what crosses a word break in 17-, 26- or 46- Across |
| YOSEMITE | "Shalom!" (Word break) |
| SPACES | Word breaks |
| SQUAREMEAL | Nourishing repast, of which 17-, 26- or 44- Across might be a literal component |
| BAAS | Sounds like 1A part of 2, 5, 12, 21, 26 or 27 ___ or a car backfiring? (4) |
| ROVINGBRIDGE | A ____ lets a horse tow continuously when a towpath crosses a canal |
| NODE | Point where a leaf attaches to a stem or an orbit crosses a plane (4) |
| IMOKYOUREOK | What 17-, 26- or 45-Across might say upon meeting 17-, 26- or 45-Across? |
| TWAIN | 26 or 9 inspiring a writer (5) |
| OVERFED | Could you 1, 8, 26, or take 9 to get like this? (7) |
| ROW | It crosses a column, in a grid or spreadsheet |
| ROWS | Crosses a lake, in a way |
| HATCHLING | Mercury crosses a temperature (cold/hot) line in early 22? (9) |
| RIGMAROLE | Equipment with which Rat's friend crosses a river - it's a long story |
| TRESPASSERRT | She crosses a line in Parisienne's very old hat, right? |
| FLATTYRE | Obese chap crosses a line emptying out rubble, causing a problem for cyclists (4,4) |
| PHOTOFINISH | Race decided by a camera, or what the start of 17-, 26- or 42-Across literally is |
| HASTE | Ambassador crosses a street in hurry (5) |
| CASABLANCA | In Bergman film taxi crosses a small canal, exotic |
| LEASTWISE | TV detective crosses a street, taking a drug anyway |
