| ROOTSUP | Digs out, or what can be found in four long Down answers? |
| FISHLADDER | Structure that creates a path for upstream migration, and a hint to hidden words in four long Down answers |
| JOINTRETURN | Filing option, or what can be found in four long answers? |
| MIXEDEMOTIONS | Mental conflict ... or what may be found in four long puzzle answers? |
| UPROOTS | Extracts, digs out or weeds out? (7) |
| JAWDROPPING | Spectacular, or a feature of four long Down answers |
| CLEARTHEAIR | Talk things out . . . or what to do to make sense of the clues for 17-, 27-, and 44-Across |
| UPROOT | Extract, dig out or weed out? (6) |
| IGOT5ONIT | Bay Area hip-hop classic prominently featured in the film "Us" ... or what this puzzle might say about its down answers? |
| NEONLIGHTS | By which to 'largely' advertise one working out last of down answers? (4,6) |
| FROMTOPTOBOTTOM | As you write down answers? Completely (4,3,2,6) |
| WORLDSAPART | Utterly different, and what can be found in four of this puzzle's answers |
| WIDELEG | Like some fashionable pants . . . or what can be found in four of this puzzle's entries |
| ECHOLOCATION | Bat specialty, and what you need to find in four long answers |
| FAMILYTREES | What the "ones" are in four long answers, and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| BADMOONRISING | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit with the line "I see trouble on the way," or what can be found in three long Down entries |
| CONSEQUENTIALLY | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |
| SUITS | Executives with members seen in four long answers * (5) |
| ACESUP | Hickok's last hand, it's said ... and what's literally found in four Down puzzle answers |
| STICK | Feature of this puzzle's three long Down answers |