| BREAKINGRANKS | Splitting with one's group ... or a hint to the theme found in four puzzle rows |
| COMPOUNDW | "The wart stops here" product, and a hint to the theme found in eight puzzle answers |
| SOMERSET | One group or another repressing resistance in part of UK (8) |
| ERIN | "Central" Ireland found in four puzzle answers |
| WORLDSAPART | Not remotely on the same page ... and what can literally be found in four puzzle rows |
| BEDANDBREAKFAST | Traveler's option, and a hint to the theme found in the first words of 17-, 25-, 48-, and 61-Across |
| BAND | A stripe such as the heraldic bar-sinister; a lace or linen cavalier collar; a range of frequencies or wavelengths in a spectrum; a rock group; or, a gang of gorillas, men, outlaws or thieves (4) |
| PRISONBREAK | "The Shawshank Redemption" event, and what's hidden in four puzzle rows |
| AANDE | "Dog the Bounty Hunter" network, and a hint to the theme in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| ACDC | "Highway to Hell" rock group ... or a hint to electrical switches found in 16-, 23-, 36-, |
| ASTARISBORN | Thrice-remade movie ... or, when parsed as six words, a hint to the theme clues in this puzzle |
| LOOSELEAF | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |
| IDEATMYSHOE | Hyperbolic pledge if the improbable were to happen, and a phonetic hint to the theme answers |
| STOP | "Knock it off!" (or, parsed in three parts, a hint to the theme answers) |
| BOYZIIMEN | "On Bended Knee" group, or a hint to the starred answers' first three letters |
| SWITCHEDONTHETV | Got ready to bingewatch ... or a hint to phonetic changes in four puzzle answers |
| TRIO | Three musicians collectively or a piece of music composed for such a group; or, a set of three aces, kings, queens, jacks or tens held in one hand in piquet (4) |
| PARTS | From "division, portion", word for a body of adherents; company of people; detachment of troops; side in a battle, game, lawsuit or other contest; a political group; or, a beano, bun fight or other so |
| SEABEES | US Navy engineers (or a hint to the theme which is based on the first words of three long answers) |
| FASTBREAK | Basketball tactic ... and a hint to four puzzle rows |
