| NOSEEUMS | Minuscule biters, and a clue to understanding 15-, 26- and 43-Across |
| FAILAROADTEST | What those who 15-, 26- and 44-Across might do |
| ECONOMISTS | Web fraud? Excludes taking in society, as exemplified by 12 9 17 and 2 15 26 down 22 (10) |
| CHARACTERACTOR | 15-, 26-, 33- or 39-Across, punnily? |
| MISAPPREHENDING | Aims nervously and quietly before husband meets death with no understanding (15) |
| BREAKOUTSTAR | Sudden A-lister - or a hint to understanding each marked clue's answer |
| INNERVOICES | One's toughest critics, often, and, literally, three different words hidden in 21-, 26- and 43-Acros |
| INCOMPREHENSION | Most of wage woman's turned into retirement fund, showing lack of understanding (15) |
| INSTRUMENTALITY | Medium's turn is treated with understanding (15) |
| ROYAL | Regal and kingly... and a clue to solve 21a 37a and 43a |
| ISLANDHOPPING | Yachter's itinerary, maybe ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues |
| SKIPSCHOOL | Emulate Ferris Bueller ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues |
| SILENTMOVIE | Talkie predecessor, and a hint to understanding this puzzle's theme |
| DISAPPEARINGACT | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| LOWHANGINGFRUIT | Simple things to pick, or a hint to understanding the starred clues' answers |
| MISAPPREHENSION | Erroneous understanding (15) |
| BEE | Stinging pollinating insect with a World Day on May 20th... and a clue to solve 22a 26a 37a 55a and 43d |
| FOURWAYSTOP | Intersection type, and a clue to the other longest Across answers |
| INSIDEINFO | Scoop, and a clue to five other Across answers |
| MOBILEAPP | Software for your phone, and a clue to four other Across answers |
