| STICKYSITUATION | Spot between a rock and a hard place ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26- and 49-Across |
| STATUEOFLIBERTY | She has the items at the ends of 17-, 26-, and 49-Across |
| BERRYPATCH | Picking place, or a hint to the ends of 16-, 23-, 34- and 47-Across collectively |
| PRIMEREALESTATE | Asset that's all about "location, location, location" ... with a hint to the starts of 21-, 26- and 49-Across |
| WHEREITSAT | Happening place ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 39- and 51-Across? |
| LALA | With 58-Down, head-in-the-clouds place ... or a hint to each answer that has four circles |
| THEYREALL | With 70-Across, what 20-, 26- and 49-Across have in common |
| GEOLOGIST | Between a rock and a hard place is that earthy professional nowadays to dig The Rolling Stones! (9) |
| LANDINTHESOUP | Find oneself up the creek for encounter between a rock and a hard place (4,2,3,4) |
| PROBLEMATICSITUATION | Between a rock and a hard place |
| BETWEENTHEDEVILANDTHEDEEPBLUES | Between a rock and a hard place |
| INATIGHTSPOT | Between a rock and a hard place |
| TORMENTOR | One causes pain, getting fellows stuck between a rock and a hard place |
| INACLEFTSTICK | Between a rock and a hard place (2,1,5,5) |
| LEFTINAQUANDARY | Caught between a rock and a hard place |
| INABIND | Between a rock and a hard place, say |
| HORNSOFADILEMMA | Between a rock and a hard place |
| INAPICKLE | Between a rock and a hard place |
| INTROUBLE | Between a rock and a hard place |
| TORN | Between a rock and a hard place |
