| UNDERSKIRT | Kid returns tight item of 18 (10) |
| CHOKER | Tight item of neckwear |
| HOTPANTS | Very short and tight items of legwear |
| FRITILLARY | One of 18 Dominicans, say, could keep cash here, by the look of it (10) |
| GATEKEEPER | One of 18 that might take its toll? (10) |
| CALIFORNIA | Muslim leader, cast iron, at a scene of 18 (10) |
| SEMICOLONY | Community of 18-wheelers? |
| ISTHISGOOD | Question posed while pulling leftovers from the fridge ... or a query about the initial words of 18- |
| ITSAKEEPER | Angler's "I don't have to throw this one back," and hint to the first word of 18-, 26-, 37- and 47-A |
| CRIMEANWAR | Context of 18 and 27 associated with 19 and 23 (7,3) |
| QUEENSLAND | Australia's "Sunshine State" ... or where you might find the ends of 18-, 20-, 38- and 55- Across? |
| PUFFERFISH | One of the 18 poses of 18-across |
| LESLEYGORE | Singer of the first words of 18-, 25- and 48-Across |
| GREYFRIARS | School of 18 Down (10) |
| DAVIDGOWER | Man who was 17 Down of 18 Down at 6 Down for much of the 1980s (5,5) (5,5) |
| COLLISIONS | Causes of some rear-end damage, as represented by the rear ends of 18-, 22-, 38- and 58-Across |
| CRASHSITES | Focal points of many F.A.A. investigations ... or a description of 18-, 24- and 40-Across? |
| BIGBADWOLF | Menace who destroyed houses made of the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| BUCKETLIST | Once-in-a-lifetime agenda, or an apt description of the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 48-Across |
| UNDERWORLD | Where 2 down found himself in the title of 18, 16 down's operetta (10) |