| THEPRICEISRIGHT | Showcase Showdown show, and a hint to 16-, 26-, 36- and 45-Across |
| PARTYANIMAL | Frequent reveler, or a hint to 16-/26- and 36-Across |
| THREEHOLEPUNCH | Spring-loaded office device ... or a collective hint to 16-, 26-, 34- and 41-Across |
| IVEGOTASECRET | Long-running game show, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 28-, 37- and 51-Across |
| TOPGEAR | Popular BBC show, and a hint to 3-, 8-, 24- and 26-Down |
| BROADWAYSMASHES | Hit shows, and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| DINETTESET | Showcase Showdown prize, perhaps |
| PRICE | Showcase Showdown guesstimate |
| REFUSED | Said no ... or, interpreted differently, a hint to entering the answers to 16-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across |
| NOCANDO | "Above my pay grade" ... and, read in four parts, a hint to 16-, 24-, 32-, 40- and 49- Across |
| INTHEHOLE | Warning before a detonation ... and a hint to 16 of this puzzle's answers |
| DRESSING | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 50- |
| FEARFACTOR | Old stunt reality show, and a feature of the other three long Across answers |
| OREO | Treat whose name can be formed by concatenating a Cirque du Soleil show and a car |
| SPICKSANDSPECKS | Musical quiz show and a Bee Gees song (6,3,6) |
| BONET | Lisa of The Cosby Show and A Different World |
| POMPADOUR | Great show and a party with classy king's mistress (9) |
| BUST | Measurement signified by the first number in a dressmaker's "38-26-36" |
| MARKETSHARE | Measure of a company's dominance (and a literal hint to 17-, 28-, 36- and 45-Across) |
| ALLTHATJAZZ | The output of 23 16 26 11 et al and such stuff |
