| MEETINTHEMIDDLE | Come to a compromise ... and a homophonic hint to what each of four long answers contains |
| NONO | Forbidden thing, and what each of four long answers is? |
| INSTRUMENT | What nine long answers contain |
| WORKSHANDINHAND | Collaborates closely, and a literal hint to what each of 16-, 23-, 45- and 58-Across does |
| MEET | ____ halfway, to come to a compromise with (4) |
| MEETHALFWAY | Come to a compromise |
| BUNKBED | Summer camp sight, and a hint to what each contiguous pair of answers to starred clues graphically r |
| DIFFRENTSTROKES | '70s-'80s series about the Drummond family ... and what the starts of four long answers are |
| DONUT | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| WISECRACK | Snappy remark, and a feature of four long answers in this puzzle |
| SIDEHUSTLE | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| BORDERRIVER | It may straddle neighboring countries ... and, in a different way, what each of four sets of puzzle |
| NOTFITFORTHEJOB | Like the start of four long answers, vis-a-vis its answer? |
| ARGON | Noble gas, and a homophonic hint to how this puzzle's four longest answers are formed |
| ELLEN | Popular afternoon talk show, familiarly, and a homophonic hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| EMMY | TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| WISEMEN | Biblical trio ... and a homophonic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| IFIWEREYOU | Start of some advice, and a homophonic hint to the swap behind each starred clue's answer |
| LALALAND | 2016 Gosling/Stone film ... and, as shown by circles, what each of four answers is |
| GETTINGTHEW | Winning, in sports slang ... and what each of four puzzle answers is doing? |
