| RETROSPECTIVELY | In a way that applies to past events (15) |
| FLASHBACK | Short part of a film, story, or play that goes back to past events (9) |
| HISTORICAL | Relating to past events (10) |
| MEMORIAL | Monument to past events |
| HOUSERULE | A rule that applies to a place or group |
| ROUTINE | A rule that applies to a place or group |
| RULESANDREGULATIONS | A rule that applies to a place or group |
| STANDINGORDER | A rule that applies to a place or group |
| OPPOSITESATTRACT | Maxim that applies to pairs hiding together in the answers to starred clues |
| REP | Abbr. that applies to Dennis Hastert in two ways |
| ACROSSTHEBOARD | Directors pursuing a sign that applies to all |
| HISTORICALNOVEL | Pertaining to past and modern work of literature |
| DOTHERIGHTTHING | Behave ethically, or a suggestion that applies to 17-, 27-, 45- or 63-Across? |
| FASTLANE | Tenor starts old training programme with track that applies to those with a hectic lifestyle (4,4) |
| REDUCTIOADABSUR | Logical principle that applies to 17-, 27- and 48-Across, aptly |
| BACKSTOP | Position that applies to across clue after 90-degree rotation? (8) |
| TWOCANPLAY | Retaliatory principle that applies to surrounding solutions (3,3,4,2,4,4) |
| ATTHATGAME | Retaliatory principle that applies to surrounding solutions (3,3,4,2,4,4) |
| SAMEHERE | That applies to me too (4,4) |
| PLATEN | Part of a printing press that applies pressure to the paper and type; or, a roller in a typewriter (6) |
