| EASTTOWEST | How 17-, 23-, 37- and 51-Across run (in two ways) |
| ALLSHOOKUP | Mail carrier's condition after a 47-Across run-in? (1957) |
| EURAFRICAN | Unfair race run in two continents (10) |
| SPLICERS | They join police with round going off: run in two seconds (8) |
| CARES | Tends to get about with run in two directions (5) |
| TRADESECRET | E.g. how 17 managed to call everywhere in street ___ and cared (sort of)? (5,6) |
| TRACKWAY | Footpath runs in two directions |
| SNARE | Ran in two directions to entangle |
| INSIDEJOBS | Employee crimes, and literally, the positions hidden in 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| PECCAVI | How 17 admitted his guilt |
| CANDYCOATED | Like Jordan almonds...or 16-, 23-, 37- and 49-A |
| SPLITPEAS | Soup ingredients, and a hint to the hidden theme in 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across |
| BEACHFRONT | Valuable shore property, and a hint to what the first words of 17-, 23-, 37- and 45-Across have in c |
| NOWSEEHERE | "You listen to me," and an instruction about what to look for in 17-, 23-, 37- and 46-Across |
| ASPOTOFTEA | Warm cupful ... and, literally, what's hidden in the answers to 17-, 23-, 37- and 45-Across |
| LIDOSHUFFLE | Boz Scaggs hit with the lyric "One more for the road," and what can be found in 17-, 23-, 37-, and 48-Across? |
| VAPORTRAILS | What airplanes leave in the sky ... or what 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across have? |
| FLASHMOB | Spontaneous gathering, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| PALAROUND | Be sociable (and a hint to 17-, 23-, 37-, and 45-Across) |
| TIRESWING | Backyard recreation (and a clue to the starts of 17-, 23-, 37-, and 45-Across) |