| CENTERICE | Hockey face-off site, and what's inside the answers to 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across |
| STOCKEXCHANGE | Wall Street site, and what happened in order to form the answers to the starred clues? |
| RINK | Face-off site |
| REQUEST | Study the marquee and what's inside it (7) |
| HAT | Job, figuratively, and what's inside each of this puzzle's four longest entries |
| ROYALCROWN | Name on a two-liter bottle (and what's inside) |
| RINKS | Face-off sites |
| IPODSHUFFLE | 2005 Apple release ... and a literal feature inside the answers to the starred clues |
| IFIWEREYOU | Start of some advice ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across |
| OLIVERTWIST | Literary orphan ... and what 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across each contains? |
| AREYOUOKAY | Query of concern ... or a phonetic hint to two pairs of letters appearing in 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across |
| REVERSEPLAY | Football maneuver, and the key to 17-, 24-, 37-, and 51-Across |
| STAGERIGHT | Theater direction ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 53-Across |
| FIVEIRONS | Fairway clubs ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 17-, 24- and 45-Across and 10- and 37-Do |
| APRON | Gaps prone to reveal what's inside the pinafore (5) |
| EYECONTACT | Asset for a public speaker ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 52-Across |
| ITSABREEZE | "Piece of cake!" (and a hint to the ends of 17-, 24-, 37- and 49-Across) |
| DIAMONDHEAD | Volcanic Hawaiian landmark, and a hint to the first word of 17-, 24-, 37- and 50-Across |
| CAGE | Hockey face guard type |
| CONTENTS | What's inside the marquee when Conservatives are around (8) |
