| DOUBLENEGATIVES | Emphatic grammatical constructions ... or the words hidden in 17-, 28- or 47-Across? |
| BEAVERDAM | Castor's construction, or the largest city in Dodge County in Wisconsin (6,3) |
| IDEALMATCH | Perfect partner, or a sporting event at 17-, 28- or 47-Across? |
| PARTYLEADER | Political bigwig, and a hint to the first few letters of 17-, 28- or 47-Across |
| TOWERBRIDGE | Two constructions, or one in London (5,6) |
| SENTENCES | Stretches grammatical constructions |
| COMINGUPROSES | Turning out great or the words hidden backward in 4- 11- 21- and 26-Down? |
| RELIGIOUSLEADER | Minister or imam, say ... and, in two ways, a hint to words hidden in 17-, 29- and 38-Across |
| INCIDENTALMUSIC | Film score component, and a hint to words hidden in 17-, 27- and 49-Across |
| ERGO | Therefore (or the word hidden in the four theme answers) |
| ITSATRAP | Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Acros |
| PUTALIDONIT | "Stop complaining!" ... and a hint to the words hidden in the starred clues' answers |
| TABLETENNIS | Activity suggested by the words hidden in the long Acrosses |
| NEWS | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| BAROQUE | Music genre for the words hidden in this puzzle's circled letters ... or a punny description for them? |
| PRIVATELY | "Between us"... or the word hidden between U and S in this puzzle's theme entries |
| STOCKHOLDER | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50- Across is? |
| RUBSTHEWRONGWAY | Annoys, or a hint to the word hidden in the starred entries |
| BACKUPPLANS | "Just in case" arrangements, and a hint to the word hidden in reverse in each starred answer |
| BRIDGEOFSPIES | 2015 Cold War film, or a hint to the words hidden across the rows of starred answers |
