| PRIVATEHOUSES | Most suburban residences... or, in a military sense, the ends of 17-, 24-, 46 and 55-Across |
| OFFTOAGOODSTART | Beginning auspiciously ... like 18-, 24-, 46- and 55-Across? |
| HOUSE | Suburban residence |
| DIRIPERE | To rip up, rend and lay waste in a military sense |
| APPUIED | Obsolete term for supported (in a military sense) (7) |
| CHEESEFILLING | Feature of some pasta shells, and 17-, 24-, 46- and 54-Across |
| BROKENPROMISE | Moral lapse that is reflected literally by the answers at 17-, 24-, 46- and 54-Across |
| MASS | From the Greek for "barley cake", a body of matter with no definite shape; a crowd, flock, herd, the hoi polloi or other number of people or things; weight; or, in another sense, the celebration of th |
| FLOUR | From a homophonic word for a bloom, in the sense "the best part", the name given to "the finest quality of ground wheat", aka milled grain, for making bread, cakes or pastry (5) |
| CONTRACTION | Beginning of labor, and, in another sense, the beginning of each answer to a starred clue |
| FOULLINE | Baseball or basketball marking (or, in different senses, the first word + the last word of rank and file) |
| GOLDENBROWN | Ideal toast color, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 24-, |
| EMBASSY | The residence or offices of an ambassador, or the latter's entourage collectively (7) |
| YAMEN | Residence or office of a public official, in the Chinese Empire. |
| HOMEBOUND | Confined to one's residence ... or, as the circles show, a description of four puzzle answers |
| RAISING | In the military sense, calling up American during Easter 1916? (7) |
| WARMONGER | Hawk, in the military sense |
| CONSULATE | Building that is the residence or workplace of a diplomat (9) |
| ATHOME | Social reception at a person's residence or the invitation embossed on stiff card to attend such (2-4) |
| FEELHOMESICK | Sense The House is recalling bank's confidence trick? I miss the old digs, in a nostalgic way, living abroad! (4,8) |
