| COUPLED | Across is set |
| TDPLACE | Sunday, Nov. 26th, 2017... Stadium where all the CFL action at #20-Across is set to take place: acronym + wd. |
| HBCU | 30-Across is set at one, for short |
| DUBLIN | City in which 7/28 Across is set (6) |
| ISLE | Kildare on which 8-Across is set, e.g. |
| ANO | Across"Is that __?" |
| ELEGIAC | Rare glee, one across is mournful (7) |
| RUNG | That's right, 9. Across is on the ladder (4) |
| SCISSOR | To cut across is dicey with area blocked off |
| RIBAND | Four across - is trophy for fastest Atlantic sea crossing |
| STOCKHOLDER | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50- Across is? |
| TRAVERSE | To pass across, is to do what (8) |
| INTEGER | The first parts of 17- and 22-Across are always this, the first part of 46-Across is sometimes this, |
| ILLTIMED | Poorly planned type of 20 across is similar to 15 across (3-5) |
| WOLFPACK | Group making the noises hidden in 25-, 34-, and 49-Across when a 16-Across is out |
| BOTTLEOFVINEGAR | 1 across is getting off endlessly with most of 9 across - how can that be sour grapes? (6,2,7) |
| RETURNTOTHEFOLD | Go home as 8 across is too loud for most of them from 24 across (6,2,3,4) |
| COMPUTERVIRUSES | 9 across is against one set of ploys as they may lead to shutdowns (8,7) |
| ELECTRICCIRCUIT | 9 across and most of 25 across is on a power trip in 24 down (8,7) |
| GERMANWINE | 14 across, for instance, in 20 across is the subject of press release (6,4) |
