| DINEANDDASH | Not pay for a meal at a restaurant ... or a hint to each half of 16-, 19-, 34- and 50-Across |
| TRAINFARE | What a traveller pays for a meal in a dining car? (5,4) |
| OUTERSPACE | The cosmos, and an apt description of 16-. 19-, 34-, and 55-Across |
| EATINGOUT | Dining in a restaurant, or a field? (6,3) |
| IMTAKEN | Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| BLANKCHECK | Complete freedom ... and a hint to each half of the answer to each starred clue |
| DINE | Go out for a meal at a restaurant (4) |
| POWER | Word that can follow each half of 16- and 53-Across and 10- and 26-Down |
| EATOUT | Have a meal at a restaurant |
| BOREFRUIT | Turned out successfully ... or what the parents of 16-, 19-, 52- and 57-Across did? |
| TABLEDHOTE | Proposed spicy English meal at a restaurant? (5,5) |
| DINER | Restaurant, or a restaurant patron |
| ALONE | Taking me out for a meal at lunchtime, on my own (5) |
| RUNATAB | Not pay for each drink individually, say |
| PARTYON | Repeated "Wayne's World" cry ... or a hint to each half of 17-, 26-, 51- and 63-Across |
| FREEBOOTER | Buccaneer who does not pay for his kicks? (10) |
| JAMSESSION | Impromptu performance ... or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 34- and 50-Across comprise? |
| STATUEOFLIBERTY | New York City landmark suggested by the ends of 17-, 22-, 34- and 50-Across |
| TEA | Party that's split in 23-, 34- and 50-Across |
| ILLGOFIRST | Trailblazer's declaration ... or a hint to 17-, 19-, 34- and |
