| SHAPESHIFTERS | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| NATURE | Plant and animal life, as distinct from human beings and their creations (6) |
| BIPEDS | Human beings and kangaroos |
| ANTHROPOLOGY | Study of human beings and their way of life (12) |
| RANDOMORDER | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| DEUCESWILD | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| BENTOUTOFSHAPE | Upset ... and what can be found in the four other longest answers? |
| EMPTYWORDS | Blather, and a phonetic hint to the four other longest answers |
| POLESAPART | In complete opposition ... and a feature of the four other longest answers |
| GOESTHEDISTANCE | Finishes a task, and a hint to hidden words in this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| ANYMOMENT | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| MOVIETRAILER | Preview ... and what the ending letters of the four other longest answers comprise? |
| FIRSTTHINGSFIRST | "Start at the beginning," and a hint to the four other longest Across answers |
| PRIMETIMELISTING | Large-audience schedule item ... and what the four other longest answers comprise? |
| ICOULDUSEALAUGH | Request for relief, and a hint to the formation of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| KITCHENMATCH | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| SCARYMOVIETWO | 2001 Wayans Brothers sequel, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| LOWHANGINGFRUIT | Easy pickings, and a hint to the four other longest Down answers |
| HIDDENTAX | Income-reducing inequity, or what can be found in the four other longest puzzle answers |
| HAMMEDITUP | Went all out on stage ... or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
