| SOLVES | Completes this puzzle |
| KNOWSBEANS | What someone who completes this puzzle does? |
| SAILSTHESEVENSEAS | Goes far and wide, or completes this puzzle? |
| ALE | Word that completes this drink: p___ ___ |
| RESOLVED | Decided to complete this puzzle again by day (8) |
| NET | The invention you're using to complete this puzzle, abbrev. |
| DROPACLUE | Give a hint or make it very difficult to complete this puzzle? (4,1,4) |
| WORDS | What you need to complete this puzzle (5) |
| BURYTHE | With 43-Down, make peace ... or what you must do to complete this puzzle? |
| NEVER | With 38-Across, excellent online advice that, unfortunately, you'll have to disregard to complete this puzzle |
| GUARD | Word needed to complete this puzzle's theme |
| JUSTADDWATER | "Instant" instructions, and how to complete this puzzle's starred clues |
| SOLVE | Complete this |
| MIKE | Complete this sequence: ? Lima, ___, November, Oscar ? (4) |
| BRAVO | Complete this sequence: Alpha, ___ Charlie, ... (5) |
| WHOLE | Complete this kind of meal (5) |
| PAPA | Complete this sequence from the International Phonetic Alphabet: ? November, Oscar, ___, Quebec, Rom |
| FOXTROT | Complete this sequence: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, ___. (7) |
| NAPALM | Complete this famous line from Apocalypse Now: "I love the smell of ___ in the morning". (6) |
| XRAY | Complete this sequence from the NATO phonetic alphabet: Whiskey, _-___, Yankee, Zulu. (1,3) |