| THIRTYDAYS | Feature of the time periods hinted at by the starting letters of 17-, 23-, 38and 47-Across |
| BUSINESSEND | Front part of a hand tool, say ... and the last word of 17-, 23-, 38and 50-Across? |
| ERA | Stone or bronze age in terms of the time period |
| ERAS | Almost wipe out the time periods (4) |
| SLEPT | Was 'off' let being upset by the starting price (5) |
| OVERSHARING | Social sin ... and what 17-, 23-, 38and 48-Across are guilty of? Significant others, in modern slang |
| TDS | Gridiron scores, for short, and starting letters of theme entries at 17-, 25-, 48-, and 61-Across |
| BREAKINGWAVES | Common sight in the ocean, or what this puzzle is doing in the circled letters of 17-, 23-, 32-, and 40-Across |
| AUTHORS | Creators, and hint to the first three letters of 17-, 23-, 50- and 61-across |
| SOMETHINGSFISHY | "Hmmmmm ..." [as hinted at by the three groups of black squares in the middle of the grid] |
| LETAFOOL | Part 1 of a maxim by Publilius Syrus, hinted at by the series of circled letters |
| LENTAHAND | "Provided assistance" equivalent whose first word is the time period before Easter and whose third word is the part of the body with fingers: 3 wds. |
| WAX | Spa treatment hinted at by the ends of 17-, 27-, 44- and 55- Across |
| STOPLIGHT | Signal hinted at by the first parts of 17-, 31- and 46- Across |
| PISAITALY | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| HOWL | Poem hinted at by the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| TODDLE | Take the first step by starting letter with theologian to the French (6) |
| QUADRUPLEDOUBLE | Basketball feat hinted at by the ends of 17-, 23-, |
| CREAMOFRICE | Porridge-like breakfast dish and, cryptically speaking, what the first four letters of 17-, 28-, 35- |
| DATE | A supposedly finger-shaped palm fruit; or, the time/period of an event (4) |
