| SABERRATTLING | Threat of power, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 24- and 45-Across |
| NEWWORLDORDER | Shake-up in the global balance of power ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| BIGSTICK | Important to adhere to the threat of power (3,5) |
| SCOVILLESCALE | Heat measurement system, or a hint to the pepper types at the starts of 20-, 24- and 42-Across |
| MIGHTMAKESRIGHT | Saying about power (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| WRONGDIRECTIONS | They lead you astray ... and what the starts of 20-, 24-, 52- and 60-Across are? |
| TYPE | To use finger power and a keyboard to write a bestselling novel |
| FIVEIRONS | Fairway clubs ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 17-, 24- and 45-Across and 10- and 37-Do |
| SYNERGY | Combined effect of evil spoken, a bit of power, and the unknown (7) |
| KIWI | One in a measure of power, and one getting the bird |
| FIELDOFDREAMS | 1989 Best Picture nominee with a hint to 20-,24-,27-,32-,37 |
| DISAPPEARINGACT | Magician's feat, and a hint to the starts of 19-, 24- and 45-Across |
| MARCHMADNESS | Annual sports event that begins with Selection Sunday on 3/15 ... or, cryptically, a hint to the scrambled word found at the starts of 20-, 29-, 37- and |
| HOWSWEETITIS | Jackie Gleason catchphrase, and a hint to the starts of 20-, |
| TOOTHLESS | Deprived of power, and adjusted to the loss |
| SOPRANO | Had no managerial duties when pursuing true power and a voice |
| DEVELOPS | Having solved the use of power and energy, in short, then builds things up (8) |
| MAGNATE | What describes a person of power and rank, especially in industry? (7) |
| TINATURNER | *Late singer whom Beyonce called "the epitome of power and passion" |
| WHEELANDDEAL | Control others from a position of power and probably end well ahead (5,3,4) |
