| WHATARETHEODDS | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the italicized clues |
| DAFTPUNK | Their Get Lucky was record of the year in 2016. (4,4) |
| ITSJUSTAPHASE | "They'll grow out of that" ... or a description of eight squares in this puzzle |
| YOUCAN | With 42-Across, "I don't want that" ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 56- and 66-Across |
| DOUBLEHEADERS | Back-to-back sporting events ... with a hint to the answers to the italicized clues |
| ROMANNUMERALS | System in which XL is smaller than L ... or a hint to interpreting
the answers to the italicized clues |
| ONEHUNDREDTH | Anniversary that The New Yorker is celebrating in 2025 . . . or what the answers to the italicized clues in this puzzle have been multiplied by |
| BACKWARD | How the answers to the italicized clues must be entered into this puzzle |
| BOND | What the answers to the italicized clues share, in two ways |
| CAJUN | Cuisine with [circled letters], whose ingredients are the answers to the italicized clues |
| ISPYWITHMYLITTLEEYE | Children's game phrase that should start the italicized clues or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| ONE | With 43-Across, something never to be repeated ... or a hint to the answers to the italicized clues |
| MPS | AWOL chasers ... or a hint to the answers to the six italicized clues |
| DOUBLEDOWN | Gamble boldly, in a way ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
| GREAT | Phrase applicable to five innovations in this puzzle (as suggested by the italicized clues) |
| DOTHEMATH | "Figure it out!" ... or how to arrive at this puzzle's solution, using the answers to italicized clues |
| ITSALLDOWNHILLFROMHERE | "Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle |
| SHIPSHAPE | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five italicized clues to the circled letters |
| SEANCONNERY | Classic 111-Across portrayer, whose iconic accent is suggested by the answers to the italicized clues |
| OSCARWINNER | What you get upon reading aloud the answers to the seven italicized clues |
