| Hard to move | 12 |
| Heavy-footed | 12 |
| Tough to budge | 14 |
| Oppressively sluggish | 21 |
| Plumbiferous | 12 |
| Like winter skies | 17 |
| Like the winter sky, often | 26 |
| Like a winter sky | 17 |
| Lacking lightness | 17 |
| Hard to lift or move | 20 |
| Color of a stormy sky | 21 |
| Baton wielder | 13 |
| Front-runner | 12 |
| Take-charge sort | 16 |
| Pack man? | 9 |
| One in front | 12 |
| One at the top of the board | 27 |
| Beginning of a tape | 19 |
| Man in the van | 14 |
| Bellwether | 10 |
| Straw boss | 10 |
| Ring follower | 13 |
| Pack need | 9 |
| Pacesetter | 10 |
| Frontrunner | 11 |
| Coryphaeus | 10 |
| Band boss | 9 |
| Premier, e.g. | 13 |
| One who rules | 13 |
| One who faces the music | 23 |
| One atop a golf scoreboard | 26 |
| Miramichi ______ | 16 |
| Mick, to the Rolling Stones | 27 |
| Man with a baton | 16 |
| Majority ___ (Senate bigwig) | 28 |
| Maestro, e.g. | 13 |
| Macnamara or Alexander | 22 |
| Emulator's need | 19 |
| Column one story | 16 |
| Boss, essentially | 17 |
| Beginning of an old cassette tape | 33 |
| Beginning of a cassette tape | 28 |
| "Take me to your ___" | 31 |
| P | 1 |
| Alpha male, perhaps | 19 |
| Sinatra? | 8 |
| Hit by The Shangri-Las | 22 |
| Head wolf | 9 |
| 1964 hit by the Shangri-Las? | 28 |
| 1964 hit by the Shangri-Las | 27 |
| 1964 #1 hit by the Shangri-Las ... or this puzzle's theme | 61 |
| #1 song for the Shangri-Las | 27 |
| They're followed | 20 |
| These are the people to follow | 30 |
| Summit attendees | 16 |
| People to follow | 16 |
| Conductors | 10 |
| Bellwethers | 11 |
| Up-front people | 15 |
| They're in front | 20 |
| Supremos | 8 |
| Songwriters or singers, perhaps | 31 |
| Scout heads | 11 |
| Presidents and prime ministers | 30 |
| Fishing wires | 13 |
| Directors | 9 |
| Coryphaei | 9 |
| Captains and commanders | 23 |
| Biggest stories | 15 |
| Band visionaries | 16 |
| Not easy on the gas pedal | 25 |
| Pushing 90? | 11 |
| Like some people pushing 90 | 27 |
| Like a fast driver | 18 |
| Fond of driving too fast | 24 |
| Intro | 5 |
| Escort through the door | 23 |
| Segue | 5 |
| Start of a segue | 16 |
| Escort from the door | 20 |
| "And now," e.g. | 25 |
| Adman's attention-getter | 28 |
| Verso's flip side | 21 |
| Garbo, usually | 14 |
| Film's female star | 22 |
| Female star of a film | 21 |
| Intros | 6 |
| Introductions | 13 |
| Warmup acts | 11 |
| Warm-up acts | 12 |
| Preambles | 9 |
| Roast openers | 13 |
| Opening matter | 14 |
| Emcees' responsibilities | 28 |
| Antenna connectors | 18 |
| Fight-starter in baseball? | 26 |
| First to bat | 12 |
| Seduce | 6 |
| Deceive, in a way | 17 |
| Galena, for one | 15 |