| TIMEINABOTTLE | Classic Jim Croce song, or a stretch for the ends of 19-, 25-, and 49-Across? |
| JUSTBROWSING | Reply to a salesperson ... or a hint to the start of 19-, 25- and 43-Across |
| BEAT | Topic covered by a journalist or a reporter; a pulsation of the heart; rhythm in music or poetry; or, a stretch of river fished by an angler (4) |
| STRONGWEEK | Good stretch for the Dow |
| LIMO | Stretch for the stars? |
| HOPONPOP | "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use," or what parts of 17-, 25- and 49-Across are |
| ANEWBEGINNING | Title of Obama's 2009 Cairo speech, and what 20-, 25- and 49-Across have in common |
| SPIEL | Sales person's forte, and a synonym for the ends of this puzzle's three longest entries |
| AGLETS | Meaning "small needles", tips for the ends of ribbons or shoelaces; or, ornamental pendants (6) |
| JUNKDRAWER | Location for the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| MAN | End of the beginnings of 17, 20, 51, 55-A and 19, 25-D |
| AMONTHOFSUNDAYS | A bit of a stretch for lots of services? (1,5,2,7) |
| PACKS | It sounds like a call for the end of 19 rams (5) |
| CAL | Home state for the ends of 18-, 28-, 47- and 62-Acr. |
| TERMINI | Interim arrangement made for the ends of the line (7) |
| IGOTANAME | Jim Croce song with the lyric "Like the pine trees lining the winding road" |
| SISYPHEAN | He's in a spy novel, like work of 19 25? (9) |
| LOUNGE | Smashed on glue and for lying - you might get a stretch for that? (6) |
| WAY | A bit of a stretch for habit? (3) |
| JUNKYARDDOG | Symbol of meanness in a Jim Croce song |
