| KITTYCORNER | Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| CROSSWISE | Diagonally or transversely |
| INTHEDARK | Wild guess, and a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| SUGGESTIONBOXES | Slotted containers, and a clue to four of this puzzle's squares |
| AINTTHATTHEPITS | "Man, what a bummer!"...and a hint to four of this puzzle's blocks |
| LEGUP | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| INREVERSE | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| DOTTHEIS | Pay attention to details ... or a hint to filling in seven of this puzzle's squares |
| TRIGFUNCTIONS | They're found in six of this puzzle's squares |
| FINGERS | Digits found in five of this puzzle's squares |
| SISISENOR | Acapulco assent (and a phonetic hint to four of the Across answers) |
| ROLLINGBLACKOUT | Temporary, controlled power shutdown ... or a hint to reading four of this puzzle's answers |
| BREAKDANCE | Do a headspin, say, or what four of this puzzle's black squares do? |
| LANGUAGEBARRIER | Tourist's concern, and a description of four of this puzzle's black squares |
| CHECKALL | With 39-Down, fulfill requirements ... or how to fill four of this puzzle's squares? |
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN | Thoroughly ... or a hint for parsing some lowercase letters in four of this puzzle's clues |
| BOTTOMLINE | Upshot, so to speak . . . or something missing from a capital letter in four of this puzzle's clues? |
| FIREWALL | Network-security option . . . or what's creating a barrier within four of this puzzle's answers |
| SPELLEDOUT | Explained in great detail ... or what four of this puzzle's clues are? |
| DOUBLENEGATIVE | Grammatical faux pas seen in four of this puzzle's clues . . . and, in a different way, their answers? |