| THESIMPSONS | Show since 12/17/1989 whose five main family members are hidden in this puzzle's other long across a |
| SHAKEITOFF | Song from Taylor Swift's "1989" whose video includes twerking, ballet, and break dancing: 3 wds. |
| BEARINGARMS | Ready for battle, like the other long Across answers? |
| FUELINJECTION | Internal combustion process, and an explanation of the other long Across answers |
| RODEO | Sport whose five main events are calf roping, bull riding, saddle bronc-riding, steer wrestling and |
| SUCCESSION | HBO series whose main characters are at the starts of this puzzle's other longest answers |
| ROUNDOFAPPLAUSE | Acknowledgement of success--four are hidden in this puzzle, each adjacent to a black square |
| ALLFALLDOWN | End of a nursery rhyme, or the fate of this puzzle's other three long answers |
| ATMS | Five of them are hidden in this puzzle's longest answers |
| CLAMSUP | Figuratively, stops talking ... or, literally, what are hidden in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| DROPTHEACT | "We're on to you!" (and a hint to how this puzzle's other four longest answers were created) |
| BIG | 1988 Tom Hanks film (and a link to the starts of this puzzle's other six film titles) |
| INANE | Foolish ... or, when read as three words, how this puzzle's other four "foolish" answers are arranged |
| TAYLORSWIFT | Star whose albums can be found at the beginnings of this puzzle's other starred entries |
| ABODE | Place to live (different ones are hidden in this puzzle's four longest answers) |
| NEAREST | Close family members are accommodated in home |
| NYSE | Market found in seven of this puzzle's other entries |
| MATERIALWITNESS | Important trial figure, or what you'll be when you read this puzzle's other four longest answers |
| HOWARD | Author whose five-volume saga based on the fictional Cazalet family was adapted to screen (6) |
| DAVECLARK | Drummer whose 'Five' topped the UK singles charts in January 1964 with Glad All Over |
