| FUNERALDIRECTOR | Most of characters in 9 across and 25 across responsible for putting people down (7,8) |
| COLLECTEVIDENCE | Pick up characters in 9 across for work, in a way, that might require conviction in the end? (7,8) |
| FUNERALS | Opening 15 across and starting scandal for the specific reason of putting people down (8) |
| TIME | Half the characters in 9 across or High Noon (4) |
| THEBEATLES | 61 Across responsible for the title given by asterisked entries (3,7) |
| CLASSICSSCHOLAR | One of those who has studied the form for flat races, presumably, in 9 across and 25 across, for the most part (8,7) |
| PRIVATEHOSPITAL | Most of those in 9 across and 25 across claim for this on health insurance (7,8) |
| DIAMONDPOLISHER | Most of those in 9 across and 25 across smoothing out what's central to Ring (7,8) |
| FORWARDTHINKING | Most of those in 9 across and 25 across working at the fortune telling (7-8) |
| STANDUPCOMEDIAN | Most of those in 9 across and 25 across might be laughed off the stage (5-2,8) |
| CULTUREVULTURES | Nearly all those in 9 across and 25 across really big fans of The Arts (7,8) |
| PACKAGEHOLIDAYS | Most of those in 9 across and 18 across designed for those taking a break from the travel agents presumably (7,8) |
| ELECTRICCIRCUIT | 9 across and most of 25 across is on a power trip in 24 down (8,7) |
| COCKTAILLOUNGES | Bars those in 9 across and 12 across from starting school (8,7) |
| SWAPSHOP | An agency for putting people with articles to exchange or trade in touch with one another (4,4) |
| ALLNIGHTSESSION | 9 across and most of 25 across involves plenty of drink (3-5,7) |
| CREDIT | Direct system for putting people in debt |
| AFISHOUTOFWATER | What 19 down may be responsible for -- putting one in an unfamiliar environment (1,4,3,2,5) |
| GRETA | Director Gerwig who is presumably responsible for putting Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in neon roller-skating outfits |
| INFORMEDOPINION | Knowledgeable view of 9 across and most of 18 across (8,7) |
