| ROLEREVERSALS | Psychotherapy switcheroos ... or what are hidden in 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across? |
| ASEASYASABC | Simple ... or a hint to the hidden puzzle theme in 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across |
| COUNTRIES | Sovereign lands ... or what are hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| INANDOUT | Difficult to reach, and what 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across literally share |
| DISAPPOINTMENTS | Switcheroos |
| REVERSES | Switcheroos |
| SETBACKS | Switcheroos |
| FLIPS | Switcheroos |
| OPPOSITES | Switcheroos |
| SECRETADMIRER | Anonymous writer, maybe, and a hint to the devotee hidden in 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across |
| DOGSOUNDS | Checkers' speech? (or what are hidden in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across) |
| CRAZYEIGHTS | Uno ancestor, and, in a way, what are hidden in 17-, 28- and 45-Across |
| PLANETS | Some are hidden in 17-, 26-, 46- and 59-Across |
| CLAMSUP | Figuratively, stops talking ... or, literally, what are hidden in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| DATAMINING | NSA surveillance activity ... or, the process needed to dig out the info hidden in 17-, 25-, 37- and |
| GEMS | What are hidden in the four longest answers |
| TREES | What are hidden in the four long answers |
| HAHA | What are hidden in the five long names |
| TELLS | What are hidden in the four long answers |
| CLOSINGNUMBER | Concert finale ... and what 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across have in common |
