| QUADS | Campus areas, or 28-Across's hand |
| ARIZONA | THE COPPER STATE OR 28 ACROSS'S BIRTH STATE |
| BOAB | Vessel, or poker lingo for 18-Across's hand |
| TRIPS | Stumbles, or 50-Across's hand |
| PAIR | Couple, or 64-Across's hand |
| SWATHS | Word for measures of the widths of grassland, reckoned by sweeps of mowers' scythes originally, later bands of cut, mown or scythed grass or corn; or, any broad areas or strips (6) |
| SQUADS | Campus areas (Saturday) |
| TRIOQUADS | Campus areas for typical jazz combos? |
| HEADSOUTH | Begin to fail ... or a hint to the last word of 3-, 8- or 28- |
| FEEDLOTS | Areas or buildings where livestock are fed or fattened up (8) |
| PLANNER | Wedding or party co-ordinator; a person who develops towns, cities and other urban areas; or, a type of calendar in the form of a chart (7) |
| REGIONS | Administrative divisions, areas or districts of countries; portions of space; parts of bodies around organs; or, spheres of interest (7) |
| PADS | Word for cushions; soft saddles; hairy paws; blocks of paper; floating leaves of water lilies; launch areas; or, beds, digs, houses or rooms (4) |
| CHICKEN | Grain, or 28 (7,4) |
| RESURRECTIONMAN | Hare or 28 on Easter Island? (12,3) |
| SEMITRANSPARENT | Partly revealing what 8 or 28 is? (4-11) |
| OUNCE | 480 grains or 28 grams (5) |
| SEAS | Large wet areas, or just spots, perhaps (4) |
| SHADOWS | Ubiquitous visual style element, dark areas or shapes |
| AISLE | A passageway between seating areas or shelves (5) |
