| SWEATERWEATHER | Colloquial term for crisp autumn climates, or a description of 20-Across, 25-Across, or 49-Across |
| RUBENS | Flemish painter whose landscape of a crisp autumn morning in Het Steen details his chateau with a charm of finches, covey of partridges, hunter and a stalking hound set in meadows, parkland, pasturage |
| ECOWARRIOR | One concerned about climate, or a crew at sea outside port (3-7) |
| WEATHERPATTERNS | Climates, or the starred clues' answers? |
| GETCARTER | 1971 British crime film starring '20 Across', '25 Across' and '33 Across' |
| SYMPHONY | By the sounds of it, you might have heard this from 25 across or in Mozart's Prague? (8) |
| THROWAWOBBLY | 25 across, or what — does that suggest? |
| CHILLY | like a crisp fall morning |
| BRRR | Chilly-one's crisp Fall day utterance |
| WEATHER | Climate or climatic conditions (7) |
| MICRO | Prefix with climate or greens |
| SLICER | A deli's circular rotating blade for cutting rashers of bacon or wafers of meat; or, a mandoline for preparing potatoes for crisps or pommes frites (6) |
| RINGBEARER | Young wedding participant, or a hint to the end of 17Ac, 24Ac, 35Ac or 49-Ac |
| ITSALLINTHEMIND | Sports psychologist's mantra ... or what can be said about the last word of 16-, 21-, 33- or 49-Acro |
| DIPS | Candles; creamy condiments for crisps or crudites; concavities; cursory cleanses; or, cutpurses (4) |
| BREADSTICKS | In book, discovers marks of approval for crisp snacks |
| IER | Suffix for crisp or grump |
| IEST | Suffix for crisp or cheer |
| CAVOLO | - nero; black kale served in minestrone, ribollita, barley stew with sausages, or oven-baked for crisps (6) |
| POTATO | Vegetable with heritage varieties including Duke of York, Pippa and Violetta, used for crisps, croquettes, farls, gnocchi and dauphinoise (6) |