| LATESHIFT | Overnight work assignment ... or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| BREAKINGBAD | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| THESPOILS | They're divided by victors, and divided in four rows of this puzzle |
| CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise ... or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| RAMPUP | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| MINDOVERMATTER | Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| OPPOSITESATTRACT | Dating axiom ... or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| COVERYOUREYES | Warning before a gory movie scene ... or a phonetic hint to answering four rows in this puzzle |
| EXCHANGINGRINGS | Sharing in a symbol of commitment ... or what four rows in this puzzle are doing to form new phrases |
| FORMATION | Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| BOXBRAIDS | Hairstyle worn by Janet Jackson in the 1993 film "Poetic Justice," with a hint to entering four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| AND | + ... with a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| DOUBLENEGATIVES | Some grammatical no-nos ... or a description of four pairs of answers in this puzzle? |
| TURNSOFPHRASE | Distinctive ways to express things, or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle could be said to constitute |
| SCREEN | Displays during an online presentation ... or a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| SHARES | Displays during an online presentation ... or a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| FILLINTHEBLANK | Test format ... or a hint to understanding three of this puzzle's clues |
| KEEPYOURHEADONASWIVEL | "Be wary!," or a hint to understanding five Down entries in this puzzle |
| ITSDISCONNECTED | "Check the plug!" (and a hint to solving four rows in this puzzle) |
| WALLOFSOUND | 1960s record production formula, or a hint to understanding this puzzle's edges |
