| FATHERSDAY | *June celebration of a certain parent... and a hint to solve 34a 39a 51a 18d 24d and 36d |
| WILDLIFE | World ___ Day 3rd March celebration of fauna... or a hint to solve 27a 35a 45a 49a 1d and 39d |
| FLAGDAY | June celebration of a 1777 resolution |
| MOMPRENEUR | Certain parent and business owner |
| TELESCOPE | Optical instrument used by Galileo Galilei for many of his scientific observations of 17a 35a 24d and 43d |
| SCREENTIME | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| BUTMOM | Whiny kid's plea to a certain parent |
| BUTDAD | Whiny comeback to a certain parent |
| PRIDEMONTH | June celebration of the L.G.B.T.Q. community |
| OTHERS | The head abandons certain parents - and the rest |
| SILENCEISGOLDEN | Proverb for overwrought parents, and a hint to both ends of 17-, 23-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 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) |
| CAITLYN | ___ Jenner, parent of 36D and 50D, step-parent to 28A and her siblings - and the most famous transgender woman in the world! (7) |
| MIRA | and 36d, Indian film director, actress and producer whose films include Salaam Bombay! and Monsoon Wedding |
| GUNPOWDER | Guy Fawkes Night is a celebration of a failed attempt on the life of King James I of England in what |
| ANDREW | See 36D & 39D Composer of Cats and Lord of the musicals! (6,5,6) |
| KNOB | A round door handle, Dorset biscuit, group of wildfowl or lump of 34a (4) |
| SHERLOCK | ___ Holmes fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle who you may associate with 20a 33a 42a 9d and 36d |
| GHENT | Capital of the East Flanders province, birthplace of Edward III's son in 51A (5) |
| BATSMITZVAH | A celebration of a Jewish girl reaching the age of responsibility (4,7) |
