| DJSET | Track mix for a party, and what the five longest Across answers comprise |
| XWORDS | Black-and-white puzzles, colloquially ... and what the five sets of parentheses contain |
| OIL | __ change (what the five longest Across answers end with) |
| BDAY | Occasion for a party and cake. for short |
| SPLITTICKET | Ballot featuring a vote for more than one party, and what you must do to understand 95 Down |
| NNNN | What the five longest answers have in common |
| INOUT | What the five longest answers have in common |
| USA | What the five longest answers have in common |
| SECRETSANTA | Gift-giver at a certain office party ... and what's hidden inside the answers of 17-, 27-, and 43-Across |
| MOVIETRAILER | Preview ... and what the ending letters of the four other longest answers comprise? |
| PRIMETIMELISTING | Large-audience schedule item ... and what the four other longest answers comprise? |
| CATWALK | Fashion runway, or, in a way, what this puzzle's 10 perimeter answers comprise |
| PRIVATEPRACTICE | Doctor's self-employment, and a hint to the starts of the five longest across answers |
| EIEIO | "Old MacDonald" refrain, and a feature of the five longest Across answers |
| YOUSEE | "It's like this," and a phonetic hint to the five longest Across answers |
| APE | Gorilla in the midst of the five longest across answers |
| HEAD | What can follow each word in the five longest Across answers |
| KEY | Computer feature that ends each of the five longest across answers |
| COT | Bed found in the five longest Across answers |
| SWISS | Deli cheese ... or, in three parts, a hint to the five longest across puzzle answers |
