| MIXEDMESSAGES | Confusing signals "sent" by 17-, 25-, 50- and 61-Across |
| THEOMEN | 1976 horror classic ... and, read another way, group that appears at 17-, 25-, 50- and 61-Across and |
| GOWESTYOUNGMAN | Horace Greeley's advice, as followed by 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across? |
| GLISSANDO | Signals sent out before party producing such a musical effect (9) |
| FLARES | Signals sent up at sea (6) |
| IMPULSES | Word, rooted in driving/pushing forward, for bursts of energy, currents of electricity, signals sent through nerves or sudden unthinking urges (8) |
| CLOSINGNUMBER | Concert finale ... and what 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across have in common |
| INANDOUT | Difficult to reach, and what 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across literally share |
| ONTHEDOTTEDLINE | 38 17 25 / 50 27 55 42 63 41 49 46 24 / 23 58 13 / 9 11 29 15 39 19 (see notepad) |
| MORSE | Code such as the CQD distress signal sent by chief radio operator Jack Phillips shortly after RMS Titanic had hit an icebergA (5) |
| SOS | Help signal sent by captains |
| EXPECTS | 'England ____ that every man will do his duty', signal sent by Lord Nelson before Trafalgar (7) |
| SECRETADMIRER | Anonymous writer, maybe, and a hint to the devotee hidden in 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across |
| INCIDENTALMUSIC | Score that sets the mood, and an apt description of 17-, 25-, 50-, and 62-Across? |
| THINGSFALLAPART | Classic 1958 Chinua Achebe novel ... and a hint what literally happens in 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Acros |
| ROLEREVERSALS | Psychotherapy switcheroos ... or what are hidden in 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across? |
| ASEASYASABC | Simple ... or a hint to the hidden puzzle theme in 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across |
| EUCLID | Signal sent back by top Greek mathematician |
| FLARE | Signal sent up by a stranded boat |
| IDEAL | Perfect outcome of 25+50 (5) |
