| THETOTALPACKAGE | Description for an ideal partner ... or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create? |
| FINDTHERIGHTFIT | Look for an ideal partner ... or Step 3 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? |
| ATOMICSYMBOL | One- or two-letter part of a periodic table entry, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across |
| THATSMYJAM | "I love this song!" . . . or a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, 39-, and 52-Across |
| MRRIGHT | Nickname for an ideal partner, maybe |
| ACTIVE | (and 5 Across) Create civvies unusually for direct participation in military operations (6,7) |
| PARTYFOUL | Knocking over someone's drink, e.g. ... or, homophonically, a hint to 17-, 27-, 39- and 54-Across |
| FAIRYTALEENDING | "Happily ever after" ... or what 17-, 27-, 39- or 47-Across has? |
| UBERMENSCH | Nietzsche's name for an ideal human of the future, with values of their own rather than those of the past |
| WAX | Spa treatment hinted at by the ends of 17-, 27-, 44- and 55- Across |
| FELLOW | Word, from "one who lays down money in a joint undertaking", for an associate, comrade, confrere, partner or peer; one of a pair, aka a mate or companion; or, any man or boy (6) |
| ONTHEBEACH | 1957 novel, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 27- and |
| GROOM | Bride's wedding partner or person responsible for the feeding and care of horses |
| STOLEN | Filched, or what the ends of 17-, 33-, 39and 57- Across could be |
| BOMBSQUAD | Specialized unit seeking explosives ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| THEASHES | Emerge reborn . . . or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| RISEFROM | Emerge reborn . . . or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| TRAILHEADS | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues canbe? |
| TAILBONE | Coccyx, familiarly, or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| LETTERHEAD | Stationery that may include a company logo ... or what the ends of answers to the starred clues can be? |
