| KEYWEST | Florida island ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across |
| BALLPARKFIGURES | Rough estimates ... or what the ends of 17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across are? |
| TAKEITLYINGDOWN | Offer no resistance, or what you might do with respect to 17-, 24-, 52- or 64-Across |
| AAHED | Police operation ... or, when read another way, what a grammarian would like to do to 18-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across? |
| STAKEOUT | Police operation ... or, when read another way, what a grammarian would like to do to 18-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across? |
| HOPPER | A young leaping locust; a picker of flowers for flavouring beer; a person who flies from island to island; or, a shaking funnel or chute through which grain passes into a mill (6) |
| BUSINESSLETTERS | Company correspondence ... and a hint to the abbreviation hidden in 17-, 24-, 52- and 66-Across |
| ITSMEAGAIN | "I'm back!" ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 51- Across |
| DROPTHEBALL | Mess up ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 36and 50- Across |
| INCH | Dialect for a little island or a meadow beside a river (4) |
| KEEPYOURPANTSON | "Be patient!" ... or advice seemingly ignored by 17-, 24-, 52- and 62-Across |
| INTERNALAFFAIRS | Investigative department, and what 17-, 24-, 52-, and 64-Across have? |
| JURA | Inner Hebridean island; or, a range of mountains on the border between France and Switzerland (4) |
| AFAREWELLTOARMS | W.W. I novel ... hinted at by 17-, 24-, 52- and 64-Across |
| TIMOR | South east Asian island - or a Roman god of fear? (5) |
| FIJI | Female judge visiting one island, or a great many! |
| ITHACA | Greek island - or a town in New York state (6) |
| LISMORE | Small Scottish island or a County Waterford town (7) |
| JAVA | Indonesian island or a slang term for coffee |
| TOURISTINDUSTRY | Income source for many islands, or a reason for bringing a case? |
