| ITGOESUPANDDOWN | How life is like the ocean, or a hint to entering the starred answers |
| ENDSUPONTOP | Prevails eventually ... or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| DROPTHEBEAT | Demand to a DJ, and what you must do when entering the starred answers |
| REFUSED | Said no ... or, interpreted differently, a hint to entering the answers to 16-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across |
| BOBSUPANDDOWN | Moves like a buoy in the ocean ... or a hint to the circled parts of this puzzle? |
| MACY | Gray with the 3x platinum album "On How Life Is" |
| ITRY | Macy Gray hit from the album "On How Life Is" |
| BEACHFRONT | Property along the ocean or a hint to the starts of 18-, 23-,36- and 47-Across |
| SLEEPINGCAR | Accommodation for a long train trip ... or a hint to entering a certain letter 14 times in this puzzle |
| RIGHTONCUE | Prompt ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| ONEUP | Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| RAISETHEBAR | Heighten expectations, say ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| TAKETHEL | Accept defeat, in modern parlance ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| SEABREEZE | A gentle coastal zephyr, blowing inland from the ocean; or, a cocktail of vodka mixed with the juice of cranberries and grapefruit (3,6) |
| BOXBRAIDS | Hairstyle worn by Janet Jackson in the 1993 film "Poetic Justice," with a hint to entering four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| LEARNINGYIDDISH | Title on certain language videos ... with a hint to entering six answers in this puzzle |
| DOUBLEDAY | Publishing company whose name serves as a hint to entering several Down answers in this puzzle |
| ROAR | Sound of the ocean or a lion |
| SEASCAPE | Painting of the ocean or shore such as Gericault's The Raft of the Medusa, Monet's Impression, Sunrise or Turner's The fighting Temeraire (8) |
| WAVE | A white horse or other undulation; or, poetically, the ocean or sea (4) |
