| UFOSIGHTING | Eerie encounter ... or a hint to 23-, 31- and 39-Across |
| BOUT | Boxing, wrestling or roller derby match; fencing encounter; or, a stint of an activity such as exercise (4) |
| ANAGRAM | 20-Down, to 23-, 31-, 44-, or 52-Across |
| SCENE | A division of a play; the decoration of a theatre stage; a stormy encounter or frosty incident; or, a niveous panorama, polar paysage or any other such landscape or winterscape (5) |
| BRUSH | Tail of a fox; a brief encounter; or, each of a pair of implements for playing cymbals or drums (5) |
| THERESNOTWO | With 64-Across, words of certainty ... or a hint to 23-, 40- and 56-Across |
| BREAKTHINGS | See 17-Across ... or a hint to 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| HAMMEROUTAWIN | Work really hard for victory ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 31- and 39-Across |
| GOBETWEEN | Intermediary ... or a hint to 23-, 35-, 42- and 52-Across |
| TILT | Until then, seek an encounter or incline to do otherwise (4) |
| METRO | Had an encounter or went back to the Paris subway? (5) |
| LASTONESTANDING | Survivor of an all-out brawl ... or a hint to 23-, 38-, 64- and 87-Across |
| BESTPICTUREWINNER | What you get when you say 23-, 31-, 47-, |
| MEET | Encounter or bump into |
| COUNTRYCOOKING | Rural cuisine ... and what 20-, 31- and 39-Across are examples of? |
| ROLLSOFTHEDICE | Crapshoots, or what you can find in 20-, 31- and 39-Across |
| ITHINKILLPASS | "No, thank you," or something 19-, 31-, and 39-Across might say? |
| SHEEPS | Sound start to 23, a 24 for 22 23 (6,8) |
| MATADOR | Adjusting to 23 he aims to get a bull |
| NURSERYRHYMES | What 20- Across and 39- Across are |
