| SAUSAGELINK | Breakfast side order ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 23-, 34and 49-Across |
| ABC | Kind of order ... or a hint to this puzzle's unusual construction |
| BUMPHEADS | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49- Across can be |
| FORMFITTING | Snug, or what the last words of 18-, 23-, 36-, and 51A are |
| CRYUNCLE | Concede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| CANIGETAWITNESS | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| TRYTRYAGAIN | Conclusion leading to perseverance, or a hint to the last words of the starred answers? |
| OBLATE | A lay member of a monastic order - or a quality of a flattened sphere (6) |
| ITSJUSTAPHASE | Parental comment about a teen's rebelliousness, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| BACKSPACE | PC key with a leftpointing arrow ... and hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| SNOWJOBS | Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| ASKFORIT | Ignore warnings, say ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| SCREENTIME | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| HEADSOUTH | Begin to fail ... or a hint to the last word of 3-, 8- or 28- |
| FILE | Word, derived from a string upon which documents were strung, for a folder for keeping papers in order; or, a line or row of people, soldiers or chessboard squares (4) |
| EXCHANGERATES | Money-converting numbers, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| FAIRYTALEENDING | Grimm fate? ... and a hint to the last words of the starred clues' answers |
| SHOOT | What you can do to the last words of the answers to starred clues, with "the" |
| AYEAYE | A sailor's expression of compliance on receipt of an order; or, a response to "ahoy" if an officer is aboard (3,3) |
| PICKER | A gatherer of fruit or hops; a warehouse operative who retrieves customers' orders; or, a pilferer (6) |
