Crossword puzzle clue "time to beware found in eight of the across answers"

Time to beware, found in eight of the Across answers

Nerve, found in eight of the Across answers

Soft rock found in the eight longest Across answers

Metaphor for time ... and, when divided into three words, puzzle theme found in the four longest across answers

1980 William Hurt film (and what eight answers herein contain on a trip across the country)

Desperate, as suggested by the finishes of the eight longest Across answers

How the eight longest Across answers are clued

Song by the Troggs, and a hint to part of eight other Across answers