| 20 answers for: Gumshoes, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 46... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| DICKS | Gumshoes, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 46-, and 61-Across |
| OIL | Frying liquid, and what can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 46-, and 61-Across |
| TRIP | "Round" thing suggested by the first words of 17-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across |
| TIME | Word that can follow the first word of 17-, 26-, 46-, and 61-Across |
| TRIPLEX | Three-screen cinema ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across |
| REFUSED | Said no ... or, interpreted differently, a hint to entering the answers to 16-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across |
| PENCILMEIN | Tentative "It's a date" ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, |
| ICECREAM | Yummy words that can precede the starts of 17-, 26-, 38-, and 52- Across (and Happy National ___ Day!) |
| PASSABLE | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50- Across are |
| AFTERHOURS | Open past normal closing time, and where the starts of 17-, 26-, and 47-, can be found |
| THEDEADMANSHAND | What 17-, 26-, 46- and 57-Across's beginnings represent |
| PLANETS | Some are hidden in 17-, 26-, 46- and 59-Across |
| HOUR | Type of hand that, when switched with 3-Down, turns 17- and 28-Across into 46- and 61-Across (to the nearest 3-Down) |
| THISTOOSHALLPASS | Adage on the impermanence of suffering ... or a hint to 18-, 29-, 46- and 61-Across |
| SITONIT | Hold in abeyance, and what you can do to the ends of 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across |
| CLOUT | Influence ... and a hint to 20-, 26-, 46- and 56-Across |
| TOP | With 39-Across, refill to capacity ... or a hint to interpreting the clues at 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-A |
| DETECTIVIST | Word for a writer of capers, hard-boiled thrillers, murder mysteries or other whodunnitry novels based on gumshoes or sleuths investigating and solving puzzling crimes (11) |
| DRESSREHEARSALS | Dry runs, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26- and 43-Across |
| SHOWERHEADS | Bath fixtures, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across |
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