| READTHEROOM | Advice to someone who misjudges their audience ... or a hint to 17-, 27- and 47-Across, based on their titles' first words |
| FIXTHECAT | *Advice to someone who doesn't want more kittens? |
| MADEOFSTONE | Cold-hearted ... or like 17-, 30- and 48-Across, based on the letters they're spelled with? |
| NINETOFIVEJOBS | Forty-hour gigs ... or 19-, 32- and 39-Across, based on the lengths of their words? |
| CATCALL | A squeaking or wauling noisemaker formerly used to express disapproval in a theatre, thus a term for a boo, gibe, hiss, jeer or raspberry from a crowd or audience; or, a "swit swoo" sound (7) |
| CALLACAB | Advice to someone who's drunk and about to leave |
| PREACHER | A person who has the calling their audience to heed the Christian gospel (8) |
| ASIDE | An actor's remark to the audience - or a team (5) |
| MAKEAWISH | Advice to someone who's about to blow? |
| HISS | A sharp sibilant sound of an angry cat, defensive goose/snake, disapproving audience or a gas leak (4) |
| STAGEFRIGHT | Nervousness in front of an audience, or a description of the starred answers |
| AGRIP | "Get ___!" (advice to someone who's always losing control during his swing?) |
| CATCHUP | Advice to someone who's got behind? Sauce! |
| RELAX | Unhelpful advice to someone who's stressed out |
| BORE | Someone who puts their audience to sleep |
| ROSTRUM | Place to speak to audience or turn and play chords |
| CAPITALGAIN | Profit from a bond sale (and a hint to 17-, 27-, and 47-Across) |
| GETAHEAD | Sounds like advice to someone losing the loaf to achieve? (3,5) |
| ADDHARDWARE | *Advice to someone building a computer? (... between C and E?) |
| GOWHOLEHOG | Pull out all the stops, and how to find the animals at the starts of 17-, 27- and 47-Across |
