| EDITORSNOTE | Further explanation in an article (... the ends of this answer and the one below it) |
| BUNSOFSTEEL | '80s lower-body workout video (Theme hint: Look at the starts of this answer and the one below it) |
| EARLYSPRING | Late March, say (theme hint: in this answer, switch the last word's second letter with the one below it) |
| SUNAK | Tabloid article the end for weak PM? (5) |
| THEFIFTHELEMENT | 1997 Bruce Willis sci-fi film ... or what you'd expect to find at the end of this answer, given the last few letters of 17-, 26-, 33- and 44-Across |
| SPANDREL | Panel between the sill of a window and the top of one below it |
| AAA | The one below the Majors |
| WORDCHAIN | *The answers to the starred clues (including this one) form a continuous one-its connections are created by the end of one answer and the start of the next |
| FIRSTAMENDMENT | Source of the freedoms found at the ends of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| MUM | The word, as suggested by the saying formed by the ends of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| GIRLS | Little ones who, they say, are made up of the ends of this puzzle's four longest entries |
| SPIEL | Sales person's forte, and a synonym for the ends of this puzzle's three longest entries |
| PANEL | Discussion group, and a word that can follow the ends of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| KEEPERS | It can follow the ends of this puzzle's eight longest answers |
| SHIRE | English county (it can be added to the ends of this puzzle's seven longest answers) |
| MUSICALSCALE | Parts of it appear at both the starts and ends of this puzzle's eight theme phrases |
| MUSICALSCALENOTES | They appear at the ends of this puzzle's eight longest answers |
| DIAGONALS | Lines on which you will find the ends of this puzzle's theme entries |
| POPPED | Asked, burst open, extracted, or broke, as the ends of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| BUNNY | Critter that can follow the ends of this puzzle's five longest answers |
