| POOLPLAYERS | Bring together the instrumentalists in 18-, 24-, 34-/36- and 49-Across? |
| DRUMMED | How the instrumentalists played on the twelfth day of Christmas (7) |
| ENSEMBLE | Instrumentalists in a string quartet or orchestra collectively; the chorus of a ballet company; or, a person's coordinated outfit (8) |
| UNIFIES | Brings together, ... the factions |
| ATWORLDSEND | The third "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie (and where you might find the first part of 18-, 24-, 34- |
| HID | With 34-, 36- and 37-Across, ulterior motive ... or a hint to the word concealed in each starred clue's answer |
| WILDPITCHES | Mistakes in baseball ... or what 18-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across might produce? |
| DOUBLEPLAYS | Baseball coups, and a hint to the homophonic relationship in the sequence of first words in 18-, 24- |
| BEERCHASER | Half a boilermaker ... and what's aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40 and 51- Across |
| THEJETSONS | TV series that first aired 9/23/1962 whose family shares first names with 17-, 24-, 34- and 49-Acros |
| FACETOFACE | In person ... and like 17-, 26-, 36- and 49-Across? |
| THEMASTERS | Tournament that begins today (and collectively, words that begin 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across?) |
| WHATAREWE | Question asked by someone in a relationship . . . and answered, by the artists in parentheses, with the beginnings of 17-, 29-, and 49-Across? |
| APRESSKI | Activities in an Alpine lodge, and a fitting end to the progression in 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| FACEFORWARD | Look directly ahead, and a clue to the starts of 17-, 24-, 36- and 49-Across |
| SHAREACAB | Split the taxi fare ... and what the words do in 18-, 24-, 39- and 55-Across |
| DELIVERANCE | 1972 thriller set in the backwoods of Georgia ... or a plot point in 18-, 29- and 49-Across? |
| MIDDLEEARTH | "The Lord of the Rings" setting ... or a feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across? |
| FLOP | Fail to achieve, and a synonym for the phrase formed by the first words of 19-, 36-, and 49-Across |
| ITSALONGSTORY | "I'll tell you the rest another time," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 49-Across |
