| HELLOKITTY | Fictional feline from Japan ... or how one might greet 17-, 24-, 54- or 65-Across |
| EGRET | A bird one might greet in a different way (5) |
| FASHIONDESIGNER | One can be found in each of the answers to 17-, 24-, 54- and 63-Across |
| PELHAM | Whig statesman who served as prime minister from 1743-54; or, a type of curb bit used for schooling or for horses needing more "brakes" (6) |
| ALI | 54 or this puzzle's theme |
| FALSE | Not so, or word that can precede the first word of 17-, 30-, 48-, or 65-Across |
| TABBY | Certain lap warmer, or how one might playfully describe this puzzle's longest answers |
| MIXEDDRINKS | Cocktails, and what 18-/39-Across and 24-/54-Across literally are? |
| DOUBLEPLAYS | Baseball coups, and a hint to the homophonic relationship in the sequence of first words in 18-, 24-, 54- and 61-Across |
| TYLER | Bonnie, Liv or Wat (5) |
| HELLODOLLY | Classic Broadway musical about an N.Y.C. matchmaker ... or how one might respond to the introductions of 17-, 24-, 39- and 50-Across |
| STATEOFTHEART | Technologically advanced, or how one might describe 20-, 38-, and 41-Across |
| SWEDEN | We would be in the money from Japan or another country (6) |
| ONEDAYATATIME | Title of this puzzle (or how one is urged to take recovery) |
| RATTLE | Rabbit or how one knows there's a snake about (6) |
| ASIAN | From Japan or Korea, for example |
| ASIANS | People from Japan or India |
| SUSHI | Fare from Japan or America aboard vessel cut |
| LION | Fictional feline Asian or Simba |
| CHESHIRE | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cat, fictional feline created by Lewis Carroll and noted for its mischievous grin (8) |
