| CLEARINGTHEAIR | Defusing a misunderstanding |
| SHARD | Archaically, a boundary water; dialectically, a gap; vernacularly, a broken piece, crock or scrap of pottery; or, zoologically, from a misunderstanding of Shakespeare, a beetle's elytron or wing case |
| IMBROGLIO | A complicated or difficult situation involving a misunderstanding (9) |
| MIXUP | A confused jumble or combination of inharmonious objects; or, a misunderstanding (3-2) |
| ISU | There's a bit of a misunderstanding about the ISSF, formerly (3) |
| STRAIGHTENEDOUT | Rectified a misunderstanding |
| SETSTRAIGHT | Correct a misunderstanding |
| MALENTENDU | A misunderstanding (from the French) (10) |
| ACCENT | Reason for a misunderstanding |
| CLEARTHEAIR | Resolve a misunderstanding |
| CLEARUP | Explain (a misunderstanding) |
| BAILEY | Tim Metcalfe punched Ronnie ___ following a misunderstanding in Coronation Street! (6) |
| ATCROSSPURPOSES | With a misunderstanding of each other's argument (2,5,8) |
| THETWORONNIES | Pair who had a misunderstanding with 20 and 54 Across (3,3,7) |
| CROSSED | With 71-Across, a misunderstanding, or what this puzzle's circled answers represent |
| TICKS | Soundtrack to many a bomb-defusing scene |
| TICK | Sound effect during a bomb defusing, perhaps |
| ROBOT | Bomb-defusing machine |
| DEMOLITIONSQUAD | Bomb-defusing unit |
| MINER | Bomb-defusing piece in Stratego |
