| 'Pond' |
ATLANTICOCEAN |
| 'Rumor has it ...' |
IHEAR |
| 'The only serious thing in the world,' per Oscar Wilde |
ART |
| 'Vous êtes ___' |
ICI |
| 10-Down, across the 15-Down |
KNACKERED |
| 1953 prize for Churchill |
NOBEL |
| 2-Down, across the 15-Down |
RENTS |
| 35-Down, across the 15-Down |
EXHAUSTED |
| 4-Down, across the 15-Down |
LININGUP |
| 41-Down, across the 15-Down |
QUEUEING |
| 52-Down, across the 15-Down |
FRIES |
| 56-Down, across the 15-Down |
HIRES |
| 8-Down, across the 15-Down |
CHIPS |
| Able but unwilling to read |
ALITERATE |
| At original speed, musically |
ATEMPO |
| Avoid having an arranged marriage, maybe |
ELOPE |
| Back in the day |
ONCE |
| Biography subtitled 'The Invention of India' |
NEHRU |
| Bird whose wings are used as stabilizers, not for flying |
EMU |
| Bit of resistance |
OHM |
| Bona fide |
VALID |
| Buckskins |
DEERHIDES |
| Caesarean rebuke |
ETTU |
| Comedian Aziz |
ANSARI |
| Common clown name |
BOBO |
| Crowning point |
ACME |
| Damage the reputation of |
TAR |
| Designer Gernreich |
RUDI |
| Do monumental work? |
ETCH |
| Drive a getaway car for, say |
ABET |
| Early strings |
VIOLS |
| Exam that takes 2 hrs. and 45 mins |
PSAT |
| Fast-food inits |
KFC |
| Film director Martin |
RITT |
| France's ___ du Bourget |
LAC |
| Get seen by, like, everyone |
GOVIRAL |
| Give ___ (yank) |
ATUG |
| Honeybunch |
DEAR |
