- - "We need some clues"
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- - Prefix for the answers to starred clues, and word needed for those clues to make sense
- - Person on the bench
- - type of vessel that went missing in june 2023 ... and is missing in five answers in this puzzle
- - temporary player, for short
- - follow on youtube, for short
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- - Places to return library materials and a hint to how the authors in four Down clues help complete the answers to the starred clues
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- - Speaker of the Latin quote hidden in the answers to the starred clues ... and the English-language quote hidden in the answers to the double-starred clues
- - Play and tragedy by William Shakespeare based on events from Roman history that has characters like Brutus and Mark Antony: 2 wds.
- - Crosser of the Rubicon, 49 BC
- - Ancient leader whose boast is hidden in 20-, 28- and 49-Across
- - Attributed speaker of the circled words
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- - Sound of a punch [E] {I created this puzzle for Take Your Kids To Work Day in collaboration with my then-nine-year-old twins. Clues followed by an [S] were written by Sid, and clues followed by an [E] were written by Ella.}
- - marty mcfly's nemesis in the back to the future films.
- - Antagonist in "Back to the Future"
- - Hit book providing introduction to fretwork
- - Punch (informal)
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- - "Behave!," or a hint to the letter changes needed to understand the starred clues
- - Behave properly
- - Fitting exhortation to someone solving this puzzle?
- - "Behave!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme
- - Behave
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- - About to crack the clues: determination needed
- - Settle the will
- - About to crack? This may be called for
- - Be determined to do the puzzle again?
- - Swear to reunite lovers to the end of time
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- - *Plastic surgery procedure needed to understand the starred clues
- - A boost to one's confidence or spirits
- - Appropriate to cancel promotion?
- - Raise to a higher level or position
- - Londoner's means to access different floors
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