| UPUPANDAWAY | Like released helium balloons ... and a hint to solving 4-, 6-, 8-, and 10-Down |
| SNL | Sketch-comedy show on which Bowen Yang has portrayed a spy balloon and a spotted lanternfly, for short |
| CHARCUTERIEBOARD | Artistically arranged appetizer, or where to find the beginnings of 3-, 5-, 8-, and 10-Down |
| FLIPACOIN | Way to choose by chance, and a hint to solving 4 letters of of 15-, 22-, 48 and 55-Across (4,1,4) |
| MYLAR | Reflective material for helium balloons |
| STRINGOPERATIONS | Tying packages, securing helium balloons, etc.? |
| GOFLAT | What helium balloons inevitably do |
| EVENS | Numbers like 2 4 6 8 and 10 |
| RENTCONTROL | Landlord's limitation (In this answer, note letters 4, 6, 8 and 10) |
| EVENHANDED | Has the cards 4, 6, 8 & 10? That's fair (10) |
| LETDOWNYOURHAIR | Words to Rapunzel, and a hint to solving four puzzle answers |
| SPLITLEVEL | Home with a between-floors entrance ... and what can be found on puzzle rows 3, 6, 8 and 10? |
| ANIFORANEYE | Payback phrase altered to provide a hint to solving four other puzzle answers |
| ITSDISCONNECTED | "Check the plug!" (and a hint to solving four rows in this puzzle) |
| EVEN | Like 2, 4, 6, 8, and so on |
| EDITHWHARTON | *Pulitzer-winning author of "The Age of Innocence" (In this clue's answer, note letters 6-8 and 10) |
| HELIUM | A colourless, odourless gas that is used to fill weather balloons and airships (6) |
| CLUE | Aid to solving (4) |
| ENBLOC | Noel with balloons and chains, initially well turned out, as a whole (2,4) |
| NONPRIME | Like 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 12 |
