| BABYSTEPS | Small advances ... or the progression suggested by the ends of 17-, 23-, 33-, 41- and 48-Across |
| IMPROVEMENTS | I'm to test soldiers and time small advances (12) |
| GROWINGPAINS | Expanding company's struggles, or the progression formed by the ends of 19-, 24-, 36-, 45- and 51-Across? |
| INCHED | Journalist on island made small advances |
| FORTUNE | With 41- and 48-Across, what 56-Across declared while approaching the eruption of 20-Across |
| FIVEGUYS | Hamburger franchise, and what can be found at the starts of 17-, 24-, 30-, 41-, and 48-Across |
| CHANGEOFPACE | Welcome break in one's routine, or the progression found at the starts of 20-, 33-, and 43-Across |
| DAVY | Cornish chemist whose invention of a firedamp safety lamp decreased the number of fatalities of miners and contributed to the progression of the industrialisation of Britain (4) |
| DOWNSIZING | Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| BRINGUPTOSPEED | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| FSTOP | Camera lens setting, and a feature of both ends of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57- Across? |
| LAMPS | Reading aids, whose parts include the ends of 17-, 23-, 45- and 57- Across |
| PERSONALFINANCE | Sort of investment suggested by the ends of 3-, 11- and 29- |
| TURDUCKEN | Entree with nested birds, as suggested by the progression of fowl in the starred answers |
| GOLF | Game suggested by the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| ADVENT | German Lutherans began the practice of marking the progression to Christmas with the ... calendar |
| GROWINGSEASON | Period of agricultural development, and a hint to the progression seen in the starred answers' last words |
| REVOLVINGDOOR | Entrance of a sort, and a hint to the progression in the circles |
| QUADRUPLEDOUBLE | Basketball feat hinted at by the ends of 17-, 23-, |
| TYPEWRITER | Where the ends of 17-, 23-, and |
