| LOWHANGINGFRUIT | Easy pickings, and a hint to the four other longest Down answers |
| EWART | Gavin, poet whose volumes include Late Pickings and Capital Letters (5) |
| FIRSTTHINGSFIRST | "Start at the beginning," and a hint to the four other longest Across answers |
| KITCHENMATCH | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| EMPTYWORDS | Blather, and a phonetic hint to the four other longest answers |
| SCARYMOVIETWO | 2001 Wayans Brothers sequel, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| HAMMEDITUP | Went all out on stage ... or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| POSTHASTE | With immediacy, or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| RANDOMORDER | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| FALLINGLEAVES | Autumn occurrence, and a hint to the start of the other four longest Down answers |
| DEUCESWILD | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| SHAPESHIFTERS | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| JUICEUP | Supercharge, and a hint to whatOs literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| RAILROADED | Convicted hastily and unfairly ... or, in a way, like the four other longest puzzle answers? |
| POLESAPART | In complete opposition ... and a feature of the four other longest answers |
| MOVIETRAILER | Preview ... and what the ending letters of the four other longest answers comprise? |
| TOGRINE | Hair growth product ... or a phonetic hint to what's been added to the tops of the longest Down answers |
| ROGAINE | Hair growth product ... or a phonetic hint to what's been added to the tops of the longest Down answers |
| RISINGSEALEVELS | One effect of global warming, and a hint to the five longest Down answers |
| HEEEEERESJOHNNY | Classic TV intro which can be applied to the starts of the four other longest puzzle answers |
