| NORSEGODS | They're hidden in 16, 24, 34, and 47 Across |
| WINEPAIRING | Sommelier's suggestion for a meal ... or each word in 17-, 24-, 34- and 47-Across? |
| THERESTISEASY | "You're over the hump" ... and a hint to the last letters of the words in 16-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across |
| MARINARA | Sauce made from ingredients mixed up in 16-, 24-, 37- and 49-Across |
| LINKINGVERB | Grammatical connector like "is" or "seem" ... or a connector found literally in 16-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| PUTDIFFERENTLY | In other words ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| CLUBSANDWICHES | Layered lunch orders ... or a hint to 16-, 24-, 34- and 48 Across |
| NAILFILES | They're hidden in cakes, in prison movie tropes |
| ANIMALS | They're hidden in the centers of this puzzle's eight longest answers |
| TANS | They're hidden in the theme entries |
| NINAS | They're hidden in a Hirschfeld sketch |
| REVERSESIDES | They're hidden in this puzzle's six longest answers |
| THEJETSONS | TV series that first aired 9/23/1962 whose family shares first names with 17-, 24-, 34- and 49-Acros |
| DOW | With "the," much-watched index, a different component of which is hidden in 16-, 21-, 36-, 48- and 5 |
| NOCANDO | "Above my pay grade" ... and, read in four parts, a hint to 16-, 24-, 32-, 40- and 49- Across |
| FINISHINGTOUCH | Garnish, perhaps ... or a hint to 16-, 24-, 34- or 51-Across |
| ATWORLDSEND | The third "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie (and where you might find the first part of 18-, 24-, 34- |
| ACES | They're hidden up a sleeve? |
| FEES | Charges that may be illegal when they're hidden |
| TREASURETROVES | Voters rue rates reform - they're hidden assets (8,6) |
