| SILENCEISGOLDEN | Proverb for overwrought parents, and a hint to both ends of 17-, 23-, 47- and 56-Across |
| FSTOP | Camera lens setting, and a feature of both ends of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57- Across? |
| SCREENTIME | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| JACKET | Coat of tar added to both ends of the boat |
| FATHERSDAY | *June celebration of a certain parent... and a hint to solve 34a 39a 51a 18d 24d and 36d |
| CHANGINGTABLES | Furniture for new parents ... and a literal description of the circled squares (look on top of them to find this puzzle's six-letter meta answer) |
| MEANINGOFLIFE | Something to search for, or a hint to 17-, 23-, 47-, and 56-Across |
| FOREWORDS | Prefaces ... or a hint to the first two letters in both parts of 16-, 23-, 47- and 56-Across |
| SEETHELIGHT | Understand (and a hint to both parts of this puzzle's answers to starred clues) |
| BOYOHBOY | "Wow!" ... and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| SIDEBYSIDE | Together, and a hint to both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| CODEWORDS | Spy's spoken signals, and a hint to both parts of the answers to the starred clues (4,5) |
| ALLCAPS | Online equivalent of shouting, and a hint to both halves of each starred answer |
| ALLYOUNEEDISLOVE | Beatles hit that's a hint to both parts of the answer to each starred clue |
| FREEFORALL | Fracas, and a hint to both words in the answers to starred clues |
| TIMEANDTIMEAGAIN | Repeatedly (or a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues) |
| HORSEPLAY | Roughhousing, or a hint to both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| BOOKEND | Shelf prop ... or a hint to both parts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| MANBABY | Certain immature adult ... with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue |
| BODYBUILDING | Weightlifter's pursuit ... or a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
