| GETSTHEOK | Receives a go-ahead ... and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 29-, 35- and 46-Across |
| STARTINGQB | Key member of a football team, in brief ... or a feature of 16-, 29-, 35- and 42-Across? |
| ITSOKWITHME | "Sure, go ahead" ... and a literal hint to what's found in 17-, 26-, 38- and 53-Across |
| CENTERCOURT | Site of a tennis focus match ... and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 30- and 45-Across? |
| BUTTERCHURN | Dairy implement, and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 23-, 32-, and 44-Across |
| WORDOFMOUTH | What rumors are spread by ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 29-, 35-/37- and 45-Across |
| FACEFORWARD | Look directly ahead, and a clue to the starts of 17-, 24-, 36- and 49-Across |
| TEARAPART | Rip to pieces, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| RADIOEDIT | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| SEEDCAPITAL | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| TUMBLEWEEDS | Drifters in some Western scenes and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| ANTEUP | Poker request, and a literal hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| SWAPMEET | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| DAILYJUMBLE | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| YINANDYANG | Chinese philosophical forces, and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| CANIGETANAMEN | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| BROKENPROMISE | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| THEIDESOFMARCH | Bad day for Julius, and a hint to what's hidden in three long answers |
| SHAPESHIFTERS | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| DOW | With "the," much-watched index, a different component of which is hidden in 16-, 21-, 36-, 48- and 5 |
