| BREAKINGWAVES | Common sight in the ocean, or what this puzzle is doing in the circled letters of 17-, 23-, 32-, and 40-Across |
| BOBSUPANDDOWN | Moves like a buoy in the ocean ... or a hint to the circled parts of this puzzle? |
| CLUE | Game associated with the starts of 17-, 23-, 32-, 40-, 47- and 54-Across |
| GILL | Breathtaking sight in the ocean? |
| CIRCLING | With 56-Across, an unwelcome sight in the ocean, and a description of the answers surrounding this puzzle's edges |
| BUTTERCHURN | Dairy implement, and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 23-, 32-, and 44-Across |
| CANADA | Now a common sight in the UK, the ___ goose has a black head and neck (6) |
| THEBEATLES | Group whose songs get spoonerized in 18-, 23-, 32- and 46-Across |
| EGRET | White wading bird becoming a common sight in the UK |
| CAR | Common sight in the film "Drive" |
| THIRTYDAYS | Feature of the time periods hinted at by the starting letters of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across |
| AUTHORS | Creators, and hint to the first three letters of 17-, 23-, 50- and 61-across |
| HOST | Emcee: the circled letters of the starred entries, in clue order, spell out the name of the late star of the puzzle's title show |
| CRACKINGTHECODE | Arriving at an "Aha!" moment . . . or what this puzzle is doing vis-a-vis its circled letters |
| BOXINGROUNDS | Three-minute periods (or what this puzzle is doing) |
| SEASCAPE | Painting of the ocean or shore such as Gericault's The Raft of the Medusa, Monet's Impression, Sunrise or Turner's The fighting Temeraire (8) |
| PUGNIREYWAL | Getting counsel, colloquially ... or what a solver of this puzzle is doing? |
| FAIRGAME | Open to attack, and based on the starts of the answers to starred clues, what this puzzle is |
| TIDE | Word, from "era, period, season, time", for the predictable pulse, watery rhythm or regular ebb and flow of the ocean or sea that turns like clockwork, four times in a lunar day (4) |
| SEABREEZE | A gentle coastal zephyr, blowing inland from the ocean; or, a cocktail of vodka mixed with the juice of cranberries and grapefruit (3,6) |
