| ROLEPLAYING | Therapy technique ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 45-Across? |
| CHRISTMAS | With 63-Across, extra holiday pay ... or what's in 17-, 22-, 34- and 45-Across? |
| INSIDESCOOP | Behind-the-scenes exclusive, or a description of the letters *between* the circles in 17-, 25-, 34-, and 45-Across |
| FINALFOUR | Round after the Elite Eight, and what the ends of 16-, 29-, 34-, and 45-Across are? |
| JUMPSCARE | Scream-evoking horror film technique ... and a hint to what's hiding in five puzzle rows |
| THEJETSONS | TV series that first aired 9/23/1962 whose family shares first names with 17-, 24-, 34- and 49-Acros |
| GENEEDITING | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |
| HOSPITALCORNERS | Institutional bed-making technique, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| INVISIBLEINK | Secret message technique ... and a hint to four puzzle clues |
| POWERHITTER | One batting cleanup who gets a lot of the stat hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| PLOTTWIST | Novel surprise ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 21-, |
| AUTOCORRECT | Smartphone texting feature, which usually detects and fixes the thing hidden in 17-, 24- and 47-Acro |
| SPELLBIND | Captivate ... or what three indicated words do, vis- a- vis 17-, 26- and 45- Across? |
| LOTRTRILOGY | Initialism for a Tolkien series, and what can be found in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| WINEPAIRING | Sommelier's suggestion for a meal ... or each word in 17-, 24-, 34- and 47-Across? |
| CLOSINGARGUMENT | Court wrap-up ... and what's hidden in 17-, 29- and |
| BABYONBOARD | Driver's alert about an infant, and a hint to what can precede both words of 17-, 24-, 34- and 46-Across |
| VIRTUOSO | A musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry (8) |
| MISTYCOPELAND | American Ballet Theater dancer who teaches a MasterClass course on ballet technique and artistry: 2 wds. |
| SCHOENBERG | Composer who developed the twelve-tone technique and who wrote Pierre lunaire in 1912 (10) |
