| MAKETHECUT | Avoid elimination, or a hint to 17-, 31- and 46-Across |
| SIT | Avoid elimination in musical chairs |
| MAKESTHECUT | Avoids elimination |
| STOPLIGHT | Signal hinted at by the first parts of 17-, 31- and 46- Across |
| GREEK | With 58-Across, "Antigone" and others ... or, when reinterpreted, a hint to 17-, 31- and 50-Across |
| IMCOMINGOUT | Phrase often said on October 11, or a hint to 17-, 31- and 47-Across |
| HIGHERPOWER | Divine being ... or a hint to 17-, 31- and 48-Across |
| SPRAYONTAN | Salon application (and a hint to 17-, 31-, and 48-Across) |
| TIMESPANS | Millenniums, for instance ... or a hint to the hidden words in 17-, 31- and 44- Across |
| SPILLTHETEA | Reveal juicy gossip, or what 17-, 31- and 46-Across do |
| SHAMPOOTUBE | Where to see the message formed by the last parts of 17-, 31- and 46-Across |
| OLIVERTWIST | Dickens boy who asked for more, and what's found within 17-, 31- and 46-Across |
| WESTCOAST | U.S. region suggested by the first parts of 17-, 31- and 46-Across |
| BODYANDSOUL | Wholeheartedly, or words that can precede the first and second parts, respectively, of 17-, 31- and |
| GOODTOKNOW | "Interesting fact!" ... and a hint for the ends of 18-, 31- and 46-Across |
| DANCE | Hint to the start of 17-, 31-, 46- and |
| STEWEDPEARS | Cooked fruit dessert ... and a cryptic hint to the start of 17-, 31- and 38-Across |
| EATINAHURRY | Gobble down food, and hint to the ends of 17-, 31- and 45-Across |
| JUSTBROWSING | "Only window shopping," and what one might say when using the starts of 20-, 31-, and 46-Across |
| DOUBLEHEADERS | Ballpark events, or what 17-, 31- and 48-Across all have |
