| 20 answers for: "Ready to go!" ... or a description of 17-, 25-, 3... |
| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| WEREALLSET | "Ready to go!" ... or a description of 17-, 25-, 37- and |
| ANDTHATSFINAL | "End of discussion!" (or a description of this puzzle's theme) |
| ITSTIMETOROLL | "Let's go!" ... or a hint for the ends of 20-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across |
| PLAYAROUND | Dally, and a literal hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 50- Across |
| PERFORMER | Entertainer, or a three-part hint to the shift behind 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Ac |
| GAMECHANGER | Cause of a major paradigm shift, and an apt description of 17-, 25-, 37-, and 51-Across as well as their sets of circled letters |
| DATAMINING | NSA surveillance activity ... or, the process needed to dig out the info hidden in 17-, 25-, 37- and |
| NOIR | A genre of crime fiction - or a description of 17 7? (4) |
| FIGUREHEAD | Carved decoration on a ship's prow ... or a hint to the first word of 17-, 25-, 37- and 45-Across |
| BABYTALK | Infantile vocalizations, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-,37- and 50-Across |
| APRILFOOL | Cry for today, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 37-and 54-Across |
| ACTOFGOD | Force majeure, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 47-Across |
| YEARS | Twelve months growth and ready to go! (5) |
| GUESTAPPEARANCE | Talk show drop-by ... and a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Across |
| GAME | Sushi Go! or Go, e.g. |
| PUTONASHOW | Perform in the theater ... and what can be done to the end of 17-, 25-, 37 and 48 Across |
| KNOCKKNOCK | Many a joke's start, either part of which is synonymous with the ends of 17-, 25-, 37- and 52-Across |
| DATINGAPP | Modern medium for meeting someone ... or what each of the starts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 50-Across is |
| HORSETRADE | Deal made with shrewd bargaining, or a swap that could be made with the ends of 17-, 25-, 37-, and 47-Across? |
| FINALFOUR | March Madness quartet ... or, collectively, the second parts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across? |
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