| AMIDSUMMER | With 62-Across, Shakespeare play with the characters found at the ends of 17-, 19- and 36-Across |
| ENDGAME | Beckett play with the characters Hamm and Clov (7) |
| ASYOU | (& 16-across) Shakespeare play with a forest 22-down (2,3,4,2) |
| FINALIZE | Wrap up ... or a phonetic description of 17-, 19-, 25-, 41- and 54-Across |
| MARIOBROS | Video game franchise with characters found at the ends of 17-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |
| SHIRTS | Jersey's six characters found at the end of 13 down (6) |
| PACER | Character found at front of punishing race, possibly |
| ROMEOAND | With 36-Across, Shakespeare play about star-crossed lovers: 2 wds. |
| KING | and 21 Across: Shakespeare play (4,4) |
| BRINGUPTOSPEED | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| XMEN | Marvel Comics mutants, four of whom can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| DOGTAGS | Military IDs on chains, and what can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| FIRSTAMENDMENT | Source of the freedoms found at the ends of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| ZENERCARDS | Tools for ESP researchers (whose symbols are found at the ends of the answers to the five asterisked clues) |
| TWELFTHNIGHT | Shakespeare play with the twins Viola and Sebastian (2 wds.) |
| YOGAPOSES | Asanas found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| TEMPEST | Enchanted Shakespeare play (with "The") |
| MACBETH | Shakespeare play with the Three Witches |
| WINTERSTALE | Shakespeare play, with "The" |
| HAMLET | Shakespeare play with the line "To thine own self be true" |
