| PHOTOFINISH | Close race ending, and a hint to the answers to 17-, 26-, 39- and 54-Across |
| GRANDFINALE | Climactic show ending, and a literal hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| KNOCKOUTPUNCHES | Some fight endings, and a hint to the word endings in 17-, 25-, 46- and 60-Across |
| FINDINGNEMO | 2003 animated hit, and activity that reveals puzzle theme hidden in 17-, 26-, 39- and 54-Across |
| RIGHTASRAIN | Perfectly satisfactory, or an apt description of 18-, 26-, 39-, and 54-Across |
| HAPPYFOURTH | Annual greeting ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26-, 39- and 48-Across |
| OHIOPLAYERS | Chart-topping 1970s R&B/funk band suggested by the starts of 17-, 26-, 39- and 50-Across |
| STICKWITHIT | Persevere, or a hint to the ends of the answers to 17-, 26-, 53-, and 62-Across |
| THEPRICEISRIGHT | Classic game show or a hint to 17-, 26- and 47-Ac |
| ASK | What one has to do to get an answer from John Negus! (see pages 26-39) (3) |
| SWEATER | Something to warm you up after race ending in the Southern Ocean (7) |
| TOOCLEVERBYHALF | Overly inventive ... or a hint to the answers to 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| FRENCHOPEN | Big clay court event ... or a hint to the answers to 17-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across |
| FLYINGSTART | What the answers to 17-, 26-, 37-, 39- and 52-Across are all off to? |
| PROTRACTOR | Boozy port is never ending and is responsible for the scene in the drawing room (10) |
| AGEOLD | Historic race ending in a prize for first place (3-3) |
| INERTGASES | Nonreactive elements, and what are hidden in the answers to 17-, 26-, and 47-Across |
| CRYPTOGRAM | Cypher, and what the answers to 17-, 26-, 35-, 37-, and 48-Across each are |
| KITCHENCABINETS | Places where the culinary items that begin the answers to 17-, 26-, 49-, and 63-Across usually are stored |
| USEFOWLLANGUAGE | What the starts of the answers to 17-, |
