| PLAY | 5-Across can be found in a ___ground |
| DAILYPLANET | Newspaper where the first parts of 17-, 24-, 51- and 60- Across can be found |
| UNDERTHETREE | Where gifts might be found over the holidays, or where the gifts in 20-, 27-, and 56-Across can be found in this puzzle |
| LAYOUT | Slept in the open air ___ ground plan required (3-3) |
| GAIN | ___ ground (start to make up a deficit) |
| HIGH | The moral ___ ground is a perch of intellectual superiority |
| MOULU | Curcuma ___ (Ground Turmeric, in French) |
| ABOVE | "Every day ___ ground is a great day" (words of wisdom from Pitbull) |
| LAIDTHE | ___ ground-work (paved the way) |
| BOLEYN | The ___ Ground, another name for Upton Park (6) |
| HORRID | ___ ground-weaver, rare dwarf spider, endemic to the UK (6) |
| PARADE | ___ ground, area where soldiers practise marching (6) |
| ODDITY | "Space ___" ("Ground Control to Major Tom" song) (6) |
| BASEBALL | ____ Ground, home of Derby County FC until 1997 (8) |
| ONAUTO | Running by itself, and where the first words of 17-, 35-, 42 and 64- Across can be placed |
| BUMPHEADS | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49- Across can be |
| DECIDABLE | Unit of sound intensity more or less covering diameter across can be fixed on precisely (9) |
| MNEMONIC | A typical one for the 35-Across can be found in the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| BOGGLE | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| RANTO | ___ ground: pursued |
