| SIDESALAD | Entree go-with, or the aptly placed part of 17-, 25-, 37- or 45-Across |
| KINDOFBLUE | Classic Miles Davis album ... or a hint to the start of 17-, 22-, 37- or 45-Across |
| BEERCHASER | Brew after a shot (and, in a way, what the end of 17-, 25-, 37-, or 51-Across can be) |
| SIDEDISH | Entree go-with |
| SIDE | Entree go- with |
| SALAD | Entree go with |
| SPOT | Word that can follow the first part of 17-, 25-, 35-, 50-, and 59-Across |
| NIGHT | Word that can precede either part of 17-, 25-, 38-, 54- and 63-Across |
| MATTER | Word that can follow the first parts of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55- Across |
| WEREALLSET | "Ready to go!" ... or a description of 17-, 25-, 37- and |
| RATT | Band with the aptly titled albums "Infestation" and "Out of the Cellar" |
| STOCKHOLDER | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50- Across is? |
| COMPASSPT | Briefly, one is aptly placed in the grid in the answer to each starred clue |
| DNASAMPLE | Crime lab specimen, and a part of 17-, 28and 47- Across |
| DART | Game equipment with the aptly-named part "flight" |
| ACDC | Band with the aptly titled albums "High Voltage" and "Power Up" |
| RHS | UK's gardening and horticultural charity with the aptly named Keith Weed as its president (1,1,1) |
| CEMENT | It glues the last part of 17 (6) |
| FEZZAN | Name for the historic region of northern Africa and until 1963 one of the three provinces of the United Kingdom of Libya. It is part of 17 Across and now constitutes the southwestern sector of Libya. |
| MIDMORNING | Coffee break time ... and a hint to an abbreviation aptly placed in each answer to a starred clue |
