| JINX | Juliet in kiss curse (4) |
| NECK | Audacity evident in kiss (4) |
| ACTI | When Romeo meets Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| SKIS | That pair on the slippery slope in Kiss performing (4) |
| JUDD | Ashley, actress whose film roles include Dr Kate McTiernan in Kiss The Girls (4) |
| GENE | First name in KISS |
| MANX | Tongue rarely used in kiss by husband |
| OBOE | Instrument with a solo in "Kiss From a Rose" |
| HADJ | Spiritual journey made by Juliet in the wake of husband Bill (4) |
| LEAR | Tragic figure, Romeo, getting over end of Juliet in sad tale (4) |
| KILO | Letter after Juliet in a phonetic alphabet |
| WECALLAROSE | Juliet in Romeo and Juliet: '"that which _ _ _ _ "by any other name would smell as sweet (2,4,1,4) |
| THEBELLJAR | Juliet, in her ballet-dancing novel (3,4,3) |
| FJORD | Juliet in for diamonds in coastal inlet |
| TYBALT | Cousin of Juliet, in Romeo and Juliet (6) |
| PARTS | Romeo and Juliet, in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| RISE | Walk up an 8 across, and one will ___, as in kiss-meere-I-___ (a colloquial name for the 9 down plant!) (4) |
| PEKINGDUCK | Dishy type from China with Prince's father has a fair amount of responsibility in Kiss (6,4) |
| CROSS | Alex in Kiss The Girls or Aaron in The Bourne Legacy (5) |
| SPOTON | Tons in kiss and cuddle is precisely what is needed (4,2) |
