| CASHUPFRONT | Down payment ... and what 17-, 25-, 38- and 53-Across have in common (besides being food) |
| BEEFSTEAK | Complaints about timber being food item (9) |
| SOFTLAUNCH | Trial period for a new product, and what 17-, 25-, 38-, and 46-Across all have? |
| BOUNCEBACK | Recover ... or what 17-, 25-, 38- and 51-Across do? |
| DEFRAYMENT | Fred fumbles payment and loses parking - and payment! (10) |
| CENTAVO | Firm conceals Ecuadorean bank's turnover, tax payment and money in Mexico (7) |
| MOREOVER | Besides being further across (8) |
| STIPEND | Regular payment and extra money in post? |
| COFFEEBREAKS | Pauses doing a job for firm ahead of floatation for payment and falls to pieces (6,6) |
| BACKTRACK | Retrace one's steps, and what ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across can literally have |
| HEADLINES | Newspaper's attention-getters, and what both words in 17-, 25-, 38- and 54-Across can do |
| CLOSINGNUMBER | Concert finale ... and what 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across have in common |
| ASWELL | Besides being a toff |
| CHELSEA | Kind of bun, besides, being dunked? (7) |
| OVERANDABOVE | Besides being doubly superior (4,3,5) |
| TORERO | Besides being about to err badly as a bullfighter |
| TOO | Besides being excessive (3) |
| FURTHER | Besides being more expensive to travel to (7) |
| TEAPARTY | Mad Hatter's do is separate, besides being back outside |
| PARTNER | Recall regular payment and criticize companion |
