| UNDERARREST | Taken away in handcuffs ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| MANACLING | Using handcuffs and a stick on person |
| MANACLE | Mother gets clean away in handcuff |
| IFOLLOWYOU | "That makes sense to me," and a hint to 17-, 28- and 44- Across |
| THREETIMESALADY | 1978 hit whose title is sung after "You're once, twice," ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 28- and 50- Across |
| MIDDLEEARTH | "The Lord of the Rings" region, and a hint to the shared feature of 17-, 28- and 44-Across and 26-Do |
| FINISHINGSCHOOL | Where social graces are taught ... and, with "of," a hint to the ends of 17-, 28-, and 44-Across |
| STIRFRIES | Uses a wok, or, read as a direction, a hint to the ends of 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| HIDDENGEM | Description in many a travel guide, and a hint to a word concealed in 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| PLAYWITHMYFOOD | What I shouldn't do at the dinner table, except in 20-, 28-, and 44- across? |
| SENDINTHECLOWNS | Sondheim song, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| TOWER | Word that follows the first word of 17-, 28-, and 44-Across, and both words of 58-Across |
| YELLOWFIN | Shout cry of pain, with half of finger taken away in big fish (9) |
| SPARECHANGE | Source of some jingling, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 28- and 45-Across |
| SHUTTHEDOOR | What to do after entering a house ... and a hint to a sequence in 16-, 28- and 44-Across |
| FLIPWILSON | Geraldine portrayer (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 28-, and 49-Across) |
| TOWED | Taken away, in a way |
| AHEAD | Odd characters from MASH met and taken away in van |
| LAUNDRYBASKET | Absurdly taken away in place of washing (7,6) |
| HELOT | Bondman in Lesotho thus taken away in error (5) |