| MIXEDGREENS | Packaged produce buy, and a literal description of the ends of 17-, 28-, 39- and 49-Across |
| OPENINGDAY | Start of a sports season, and what each half of 17-, 28-, 39- and 48-Across can have |
| DROPTHEBEAT | What a DJ might do, or what you must do to understand 18-, 28-, 39- and 49-Across? |
| SELL | Trade: buy and - a |
| SLICED | Like some packaged produce |
| ITSNOTHING | Polite response to a thank- you,or a comment about the start of 17-, 28-, 39- or 51 Across'? |
| FRUIT | Produce buy |
| ONION | Pungent produce buy |
| RECYCLEDPARTS | Junkyard buys, and a hint to the last parts of 20-, 35- and 40-Across |
| ADDITIONBYSUBTRACTION | Strategy for improving a business through downsizing ... and a literal description of the letters dropped from this puzzle's businesses |
| INSIDEVOICES | What children should use at the library ... and a literal description of the circled letters in this puzzle |
| GRIMACESHAKE | McDonald's beverage that, when drunk, supposedly leads to ridiculous and frightening consequences (and a literal description of the circled letters) |
| CHANGINGTABLES | Furniture for new parents ... and a literal description of the circled squares (look on top of them to find this puzzle's six-letter meta answer) |
| WHOVILLE | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| BROADCOMEDIES | Zany movies, or a literal description of the contents of the spread-out circles |
| ITSONTHEHOUSE | "Your money is no good here" ... and a literal description of each answer to the starred clues |
| BORDERBILLS | Federal government plans (like the one by James Lankford), and a literal description of this puzzle's grid |
| BOTTOMLESSBRUNCH | Event that might feature unlimited mimosas ... or a literal description of the answers to the starred clues |
| ALAMODE | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| TOOLSAROUND | Takes a casual drive ... and a literal description of 10 puzzle answers |
