| GROWTHAREA | Prime sector for development, and a clue to the ends of 18-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across |
| GROWINGSEASON | Period of agricultural development, and a hint to the progression seen in the starred answers' last words |
| HEADSHOTS | Actor portfolio items, and a clue to the ends of 17-, 25-, 40- and 50-Across |
| YOUREOUT | Call at home, and a clue to the ends of 17-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |
| BEARLEFT | One option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across |
| WHATSMYNAME | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| LGBTQ | Modern movement initialism ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 61-Across |
| BEERCHASER | Half a boilermaker ... and what's aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40 and 51- Across |
| TAUTOLOGICAL | Like the names of 18-, 25-, 40- and 50- Across vis-a-vis the bracketed languages |
| DANCEREMIX | Club DJ's track, or What can be found in 17-, 24-, 40- and 50- Across? |
| ZIONIST | Follower of a movement for the development and protection of a Jewish nation in Israel (7) |
| GEOLOGY | The study of the development and structure of the earth's crust (7) |
| RURAL | Heather Humphreys is the Minister of Justice, Social Protection, Community and _____ Development and the Islands. (5) |
| SOCIOLOGY | The study of the origin, development and structure of human communities (9) |
| EYECONTACT | Form of non-verbal communication, important in the early stages of child development and throughout life (3,7) |
| LOSALAMOS | New Mexico area recognised as a development and creation place of the atomic bomb (3,6) |
| KINGOFTHEBEASTS | Lion, and a hint to critters that begin 17-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across |
| GETAJOB | Comment to a layabout ... and a hint to the ends of 18-, 24-, 38-, 53- and 60-Across |
| ESCORT | Wrong sector for a ship accompanying a convoy (6) |
| TECH | Sector for Apple and Alphabet, for short |
