| OUTSIDECHANCE | Remote possibility ... or a hint to 20-, 29- and 44-Across |
| ENVISAGE | To conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event (8) |
| PUTINTHEREPS | Practice, or a hint to 20-, 29- and 43-Across |
| REPEATAFTERME | Command at a swearing-in ... or a literal feature of 20, 29 and 44 Across |
| WHIPPEDCREAM | Dessert topper ... or a literal hint to what's hidden in 20-, 29- and 44-Across |
| KEYLESSENTRY | Modern way into a building, and what each answer to 20-, 29-, and 43-Across needs to be to match its clue? |
| WEATHERFRONT | What precedes a storm ... or a hint to 20-, 29- or 43-Across |
| GRADEINFLATION | Modern educational phenomenon ... or a hint to 20-, 29-, 38- and 45-Across |
| MARCHMADNESS | Annual sports event that begins with Selection Sunday on 3/15 ... or, cryptically, a hint to the scrambled word found at the starts of 20-, 29-, 37- and |
| NOPE | Slangy denial, and a hint to 20-, 29-, 46- and 56-Across |
| ANYTAKERS | "Who wants in?"...and a phonetic hint to 20-, 29-, 49- and 57-Across |
| NOQUESTION | There isn't a possibility or an inquiry (2,8) |
| FATCHANCE | Remote possibility to get drunk -- fetch a can! (3,6) |
| ATADISTANCE | State aid can turn out to be a remote possibility (2,1,8) |
| CAKEMIX | Batter beginner, or a description of the four letters in the exact centers of 20-, 29-, 46-, and 54- |
| PROSPECT | Possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring (8) |
| OFFCHANCE | High break must be a remote possibility (3-6) |
| OUTSIDE | Cousin cheated out of order? It's a remote possibility - w 11ac (7,6) |
| CHANCE | Cousin cheated out of order? It's a remote possibility - w 10ac (7,6) |
| CRAMSESSIONS | All-night study stints, or a hint to 20-, 26-, and 46- Across |
