| INNERDEMONS | Personal struggles ... or, literally, features of 17-, 26-, 36- and 52-Across |
| HALFTIME | Game break ... or a hint to interpreting the first parts of 17-, 26-, 36-, and 52-Across? |
| FRESHSTART | New beginning, and a feature of 17-, 26-, and 44-Across |
| SCRUMS | Word, from "affrays, battles, brawls", for opposing rugger teams' struggles or fights for rugby balls (6) |
| TRIUMPHS | Successful endings to struggles or contests |
| GROWINGPAINS | Expanding company's struggles, or the progression formed by the ends of 19-, 24-, 36-, 45- and 51-Across? |
| DRESSING | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 50- |
| SHORTCUTS | Timesavers ... or the starts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 51-Across? |
| DOUBLEDAY | Supposed inventor of baseball ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 36- and 50-Across |
| FACETOFACE | In person ... and like 17-, 26-, 36- and 49-Across? |
| WATERFALL | Cascade, and a feature of 17-, 22- and 46- Across? |
| BUST | Measurement signified by the first number in a dressmaker's "38-26-36" |
| SPOT | Word that can follow the last words of 17-, 26-, 36-, 48- and 58-Across |
| HADJI | Pilgrim, and their personal struggle if cycling? |
| JIHAD | Struggle or fight against the enemies of Islam (5) |
| INNER | With 49- Down, personal struggle |
| INNERDEMON | Personal struggle |
| TUSSLE | Verbal or physical struggle or fight (6) |
| TRIUMPH | Successful ending of a struggle or contest |
| GRAPPLE | To engage in a struggle or close encounter. (7) |
