| NIGHTOWLS | Hard-to-see critters lurking in 20-, 28-, 33- and 43-Across |
| AFTERPARTY | Post-prom event, or where each word in 16-, 28-, 33- and 43-Across can go |
| PLAYWITHMYFOOD | What I shouldn't do at the dinner table, except in 20-, 28-, and 44- across? |
| TRIPLEDOUBLE | Ten or more points, rebounds and assists in one game, in hoops lingo ... and a literal feature of 20-, 33- and 43-Across |
| HIDDENCAMERAS | Espionage devices, and what can be found in 20-, 28- |
| THEDARK | *"It's close to midnight, and something evil's lurking in ____ ____" |
| BLOCKBUSTERS | Megahits, and what the interior letters of 20-, 33- and 43-Across effectively are? |
| LOCHAN | Czech extremists lurking in sub in small lake |
| OCKER | Would-be criminal lurking in the shadows eschews publicity to become sheep smuggler (5) |
| WOWS | Surprises wife, lurking in recessed place in field |
| CHANGEOFPACE | Welcome break in one's routine, or the progression found at the starts of 20-, 33-, and 43-Across |
| RICEKRISPIES | Breakfast brand since 1928 that hints at the starts of 20-, 33- and 43-Across |
| ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | Phrase that follows the first syllables of 20-, 33- and 43-Across, especially today |
| MACULA | Spot a copper lurking in motorway lane half-cut (6) |
| UNSEEN | Lurking in a Parisian area of interest, say |
| ATOMIZES | Cat lurking in corn's missing minute fragments |
| CAMPERVAN | A male voyeur lurking in Canadian vehicle (6,3) |
| QUARTERDAY | Rogue trader lurking in harbour area when payment is due |
| JAGUAR | Give DJ a guarantee there's a cat lurking in there (6) |
| MAY | Month lurking in the puzzle's long answers |
