| WHOSTHERE | Response to 18-Across |
| STUDENTS | They look to 18 across and are written about in 14 across (8) |
| TALKTONOBODY | Whatever you say, say nothing to 18 across? For starters, half the town use it to describe one of th |
| BANKRESERVES | Introduction to 18 across linked to books kept back in safe places in case of financial crisis (4,8) |
| THECASCADES | Range that's home to 18-Across, and a hint to solving this puzzle |
| URI | Swiss canton, home to 18-Across |
| GLADRAGS | Awful laggards similar to 18 across (4,4) |
| CDI | 401, to 18 Across |
| YESES | Alternatives to 18 Across (5) |
| FACILE | Shallow introduction to 18 across hides only one left (6) |
| AMYPOEHLER | Ex-SNL star married to 18 Across (2 wds.) |
| MEDALOFFREEDOM | Presidential honor awarded to 18-Across in 2012 by Barack Obama: 3 wds. |
| PICTURES | They're drawn to 18 across from the start at school (8) |
| BELTS | Regions close to 18 across in the heart of Essex (5) |
| FERRY | River-crossing boat, alternative to 18 Across, perhaps (5) |
| SCOOTER | Rest uncomfortably, catching bird noise, alternative to 18-across (7) |
| EATING | It's wrong, according to 18 6, to give apple to genie (6,6) |
| OCCIPITAL | Westerner's irrational to replace study that's opposed to 18 |
| SINGULAR | Atypical ... or like the first word in the answer to 18-, 24-, 51- or 62- Across |
| SAROS | Equal in length to 18 years and 10 to 12 days, what is the interval between two similar solar eclips |
