| BUILDINGCODE | Structural safety standards, and what the starts of 20-, 36- and 43-Across are doing? |
| RAISETHEBAR | Set higher standards, and what you must do five times in this puzzle |
| COMINGINHOT | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| BREAKINGGROUND | Starting a project ... and what the letters between the starting and ending pairs of letters in each starred answer are doing? |
| PEAKTELEVISION | Period of outstanding programming ... of which 20-, 36-, and 43-Across are examples? |
| MAKINGAFACE | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| ROLLINGSTONE | Publication since 1967, and a hint to the end of 20-, 36- and 43-Across |
| INVISIBLEMAN | HG Wells titular character, or the missing element that could reconstruct the original phrases of 20-, 36-, and 43-Across |
| BLUEFLAG | Symbol given to beaches meeting stringent environmental and safety standards (4,4) |
| TRACK | With 65-Across, what the starts of 20-, 36- and 53-Across are |
| DOGS | Recipients of the cries seen at the starts of 20-, 36- and 50-Across and 7-Down |
| GHOSTWRITER | Hired pen ... or, punnily, the author of 20-, 36- and 43-Across? |
| CODE | Set of safety standards |
| ROPETRICKS | Will Rogers's vaudeville stunts (and what the first four letters of 17-, 27-, and 44-Across are doing?) |
| MIXINGBOWLS | Places where ingredients become one ... and what the scrambled first words of 17-, 33- and 39-Across are doing? |
| DEMONSTRATING | Showing what the activists are doing? (13) |
| SHEEPSHEARING | What the wool gatherers are doing? (5,8) |
| MAKINGACOMEBACK | What the eight featured celebrities in this puzzle are doing? |
| BREAKINGBAD | Show what across answers are doing? |
| CEREAL | Mark showing conformity with European safety standards is genuine on this packaged food |
