| SHAPEOFYOU | 2017 Ed Sheeran hit ... and a phonetic hint to 17-Across 60-Across 28-Down and the center of this puzzle's grid |
| ASIDES | Excursions at the start of August and September and the middle of other months (6) |
| ASIA | Where most people are born is back between the first of April and the middle of May (4) |
| MIDDLE | More than a kilometre round outskirts of Dartford, and the centre (6) |
| ARCH | Curve with the ends down and the middle up |
| ONTHE | See 17 Across, 60 Across, 11 Down and 28 Down |
| SLOGS | Tedious tasks ... or, parsed differently, the ends of 23-Across, 28-Down and 30-Down? |
| DANCING | With 30-Across, 28-Down, and 31-Across, show that will soon feature 1-Across |
| DOUBLEDOORS | Some entrances, and a hint to 17- Across, 11- Down and 28- |
| ZAMBONI | Machine waiting to enter the middle of this grid, as suggested by the answers to the starred clues |
| SAMOA | Apia is the capital and main commercial center of this country, which also shares its name with a U.S. territory. |
| ERASER | 2017 Ed Sheeran hit (6) |
| IMAGINARY | Like numbers represented by the symbol at the center of this puzzle |
| GAUSS | Mathematician whose work pioneered concepts represented by the symbol at the center of this puzzle |
| EULER | Mathematician whose work pioneered concepts represented by the symbol at the center of this puzzle |
| KERRY | The Lakes of Killarney are in the centre of this Irish county |
| PERFECT | 2017 Ed Sheeran #1 hit with a Beyonce remix |
| NFL | Sports league that's in the center of this puzzle's theme answers |
| PITCHER | Hurler at the center of this puzzle's theme |
| SUMATRA | The equator passes through the centre of this Indonesian island |
