| GOESTHEDISTANCE | Finishes a task, and a hint to hidden words in this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| APPOINT | Give someone a task and a quiet place to do it (7) |
| ANIMALCRACKER | Baked treat that's aptly dividing five hidden words in this puzzle |
| FISHLADDER | Structure that creates a path for upstream migration, and a hint to hidden words in four long Down answers |
| DATABACKUP | System administrator's task ... and a hint to what can be found in 17-, 30- and 47-Across |
| TIMELIMITS | Fixed periods for completing tasks ... and a hint to the words found on the edges of the starred answers |
| CLEARUP | Finish a task and the weather will improve (5,2) |
| MIDDLECLASS | Average income group, and a hint to hidden words in 18-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |
| LANGUAGEBARRIER | Foreigner's obstacle ... or a hint to hidden words in 17-, 29-, 37- and 49-Across |
| PULLEDMUSCLES | Common sports injuries ... and a hint to hidden words that span both parts of the answers to starred |
| ICOULDUSEALAUGH | Request for relief, and a hint to the formation of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| AYEAYECAPTAIN | Indication of cooperation with ones hidden in this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| MOVEABLEFEAST | Pentecost, e.g., and what can literally be found in this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| EMPTYWORDS | Insincere talk, and a hint to the starts of this puzzle's four other longest entries |
| DOWNWARDDOG | Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues |
| SWIMMINGSTROKES | Olympic medley found in order at the starts of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| ECHOCHAMBER | Radio studio feature, and what each of this puzzle's four other longest answers literally is |
| RANDOMORDER | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| PERIMETERPLAY | Ball-handling and outside shooting skills in basketball, and a description of a hidden word in this puzzle |
| FIRSTAMENDMENT | Source of the freedoms found at the ends of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
