| BUILDABEAR | Children's "workshop"... or what the starts of 17-, 25-, 35-, and 51-Across do? |
| STARTAFIRE | Ignite something ... or what the first words of 17-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do? |
| BOUNCEBACK | Recover ... or what 17-, 25-, 38- and 51-Across do? |
| TOOKTHEL | Accepted defeat, and what 17-, 24-, 40-, and 51-Across did? |
| HOLDWATER | Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do |
| FOURALARM | Hot chili designation, and a literal description of the starts of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51 Across |
| THATWASCOOL | "Neato!" (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across) |
| MAKEASCENE | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| DRIFTWOOD | Beach debris, or a clue to the word that moves through 17-, 25-, 35- and 47- Across |
| THEPOLICE | See the first parts of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across for this group's #1 hit |
| PASSABLE | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50- Across are |
| SPELLOUT | Explain in detail or what the starts of 19-, 26- and 46- Across do, phonetically? |
| THINKBIG | "Shoot for the moon!" ... or a hint to interpreting the clues to 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| FOLLOWINGORDERS | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| TWOTRUTHSANDALIE | Ice-breaker activity involving three claims, or what the starts of the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| BEACHPARTY | Shindig by the shore, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across |
| HAIREXTENSIONS | Weaves, or what the starts of the starred answers are, in a way |
| GRANDOPENING | Ribbon-cutting event, or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| HANDSDOWN | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| OPENINGDAY | Start of the baseball season ... or what the start of each starred clue is? |
