| LAUGHINGOUTLOUD | Bit of textspeak, unshortened ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 27- and 49- Across |
| LOL | Palindromic bit of textspeak |
| CHEWTHEFAT | Yakety-yak (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, and 49-Across) |
| JELLY | What quivering legs feel like ... or a word that can precede the starts of 17-, 27-, 45- and 60-Acro |
| DRAWCONCLUSIONS | What Sherlock Holmes may do ... and a hint to the ends of 17-, 27- and 49-Across |
| ONTHEBEACH | 1957 novel, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 27- and |
| FORBIDDENPLANET | Groundbreaking 1956 sci-fi film ... or where you might find the ends of 17-, 27- and 49-Across? |
| CANDYCOATED | Like M&M's, and an apt description of 17-, 27- and 48- Across |
| INCIDENTALMUSIC | Film score component, and a hint to words hidden in 17-, 27- and 49-Across |
| HOPSKIPANDAJUMP | Short distance to travel, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 49-Across |
| PERFECTHOST | Ideal party thrower described by the first words of 17-, 27- and 49-Across |
| GOWHOLEHOG | Pull out all the stops, and how to find the animals at the starts of 17-, 27- and 47-Across |
| VOODOOECONOMICS | Derisive term for an '80s fiscal policy, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, and 44-Across |
| ITSNOTHING | "Just a scratch, really" ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, 36- and 46-Across |
| THATSAWRAP | Director's "We're done," and hint to the starts of 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| DOUBLEROOMS | Hotel accommodations for couples, and a hint to both parts of 20-, 27- and 49-Across |
| SINGINGTHEBLUES | What the artists of 16-, 27- and 49-Across are doing (in reference to the last words of their hits)? |
| TARA | Fictional plantation, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, 45-, and 59-Across |
| THATSMYJAM | "I love this song!" . . . or a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, 39-, and 52-Across |
| COMPLETE | Unshortened |
