| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| HORNBLOWER | Fictional seaman and theme of puzzle |
| CHARACTERBEFORET | Theme of puzzle (and not appearing in puzzle) |
| MOVEON | Advance, and the explanation of the puzzle theme |
| AMPM | Clock-setting button, and the theme of the puzzle |
| MAMA | Honoree of the puzzle (and the starts of the theme answer words) |
| WHATSMYLINE | Long-running panel show, and hint to puzzle theme found at the start of seven answers |
| ROLLCALL | Attendance check, and a hint to the puzzle theme in the first words of the starred answers |
| THEFOURTOPS | "I Can't Help Myself" singers (1965), and hint to puzzle theme found in beginnings of answers to starred clues |
