| TRAINTRACK | Its parts end 17-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| THEDIVINECOMEDY | Epic poem whose parts end 17-, 33-, and 39-Across |
| DILATED | Drill part's end oddly spread (7) |
| GAP | Space filled at 17- and 62- Across and 11- and 28- |
| NAMECHANGE | "Clay" to "Ali," e.g., and a hint to 17-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| DICTIONARY | Word that follows 17 Across and 11 and 28 Down |
| DWARFPLANET | One can be found in 17-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| BULL | Symbol of an "up" market, and what can precede the last parts of 17-, 39- and 62-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| CONTROL | Bad thing to be out of? (and a follower of the last parts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 28-Down) |
| GATE | Scandal suffix that follows the first parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| BLEMISH | Imperfection (and what's at the start of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down) |
| THROW | What one might do to the last parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| ROUND | Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| COUNT | Word that can follow the last parts of 17- and 54-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| RANGE | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 57-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| EYEOPENERS | Epiphanies, and what the starts of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down may be |
| AIR | Word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| TRICK | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 55-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| HAND | Word that may precede the first parts of 17-, 37- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| PROANDCON | Debating sides, and words that can precede the first parts of 20- and 39-Across and 11- and 28-Down |