| GREELEY | Journalist who popularized the advice found at the ends of 17-, 27-, 47-, and 61-Across |
| LIPPMANN | Journalist who popularized the term 'cold war' |
| ESPYS | Annual athletic achievement awards, and a phonetic hint to 17-, 27-, 47- and 61-Across |
| ESP | "Ability" that can be found within 17-, 27-, 47-, and 61-Across |
| ISLANDS | This puzzle's theme, as suggested by the ends of 16-, 27-, 47- and 61-Across |
| BRINGUPTOSPEED | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| WAX | Spa treatment hinted at by the ends of 17-, 27-, 44- and 55- Across |
| DRIVERS | With 43-Down, what you need to operate the ends of 17-, 27-, 47- and 62-Across |
| XMEN | Marvel Comics mutants, four of whom can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| DOGTAGS | Military IDs on chains, and what can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| ONTHEBEACH | 1957 novel, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 27- and |
| FIRSTAMENDMENT | Source of the freedoms found at the ends of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| ZENERCARDS | Tools for ESP researchers (whose symbols are found at the ends of the answers to the five asterisked clues) |
| YOGAPOSES | Asanas found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| FINALLY | Adverb synonymous with the phrase formed by the first words of 17-, 27-, 47-, and 63-Across |
| BUDDY | Pal (and a word that precedes the finishes of 17-, 27-, 47-, and 64-Across) |
| FORSAKE | Abandon ... or two words often seen next to the starts of 17-, 27-, 47- and 60-Across |
| SOP | The usual routine, briefly, and a hint to the starts of each word in 17-, 27-, 47-, and 63-Across |
| CTRL | Key that's often found at the ends of a keyboard's bottom row |
| CHIP | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, |
