| JENNIFER | First name of 15-, 22-, and 37-Across |
| MOTHER | 15 22 - and its lead character (6,5) |
| GOOSE | 15 22 - and its lead character (6,5) |
| BENEDICT | Name of 15 popes |
| FLIPACOIN | Way to choose by chance, and a hint to solving 4 letters of of 15-, 22-, 48 and 55-Across (4,1,4) |
| DANIELHANDLER | Real name of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| PTOLEMY | Name of fifteen rulers of ancient Egypt (7) |
| PETERPAN | 15 22 nemesis of Captain Hook (5,3) |
| ABANAZAR | 15 22 character, the enemy of Aladdin (8) |
| DINAH | ___ 15+22, singer (5) |
| MORNING | 15 / 22 today (7,4) |
| TWANKEY | Widow __, 15 22 character (7) |
| PERKINS | Robinson Crusoe's 15 22 friend (5,7) |
| POLLY | Robinson Crusoe's 15 22 friend (5,7) |
| WATERFALL | Cascade, and a feature of 17-, 22- and 46- Across? |
| ALEX | And 37 The First Minister of Scotland 2007-2014 (4,7) |
| ALLISONJANNEY | I, Tonya who won an Oscar for her performance, despite only 15 minutes and 37 seconds of screen time: 2 wds. |
| SPORTSWRITER | Profession of 20-A and 37-A |
| EYEOPENERS | Epiphanies, and what the starts of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down may be |
| DEREK | And 37 Across Journalist and broadcaster who edited the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star and News Of The World in the 1970s and '80s (5,7) |