| 20 answers for: Unfulfilled campaign pledge ... and a hint to what... |
| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| BROKENPROMISE | Unfulfilled campaign pledge ... and a hint to what 16-, 23-, 46- and 53-Across all contain |
| GETSPLICED | It's to be involved with pledge and a bit of commitment? |
| OUTEREDGES | Peripheries, and what 17-, 23- and 53-Across all contain |
| MTPROMISES | CAMPAIGN PLEDGES? |
| DUSTSPRAYS | Pledge, and others |
| FSTOP | Camera lens setting, and a feature of both ends of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57- Across? |
| BUBBLETEAMS | Major topic of conversation leading up to NCAA's Selection Sunday ... and what 16-, 23-, 36-, and 46-Across all contain? |
| NEEDALIFT | Motorist's question ... and hint to the ends of 16-, 23-, 46- and 55-Across |
| COURTAPPEARANCE | Proceeding that may follow a subpoena, and what the ends of 16-, 23-, 46-, and 59-Across can make? |
| DODO | What the longest Across answers all contain |
| CAPTAIN | With 37-Across, title for the hidden individuals in 16-, 23-, 46-, and 58-Across, thanks to the circles in each answer? |
| PROTEINS | Meat, fish, eggs all contain these (8) |
| OVERACT | Open boxes at the front all contain ham (7) |
| FIFTYPERCENTOFF | A good deal, and a hint to 17-, 23-, 46- and 57-Across |
| PBS | #34; network ... or, read as a plural, a hint to 20-, 28-, 46- and 53-Across |
| KINGMIDAS | Mythological figure who touched 16-, 23-, 46- and 55-Across? |
| ESSAYCOLLECTION | Anthology of personal writings ... and a phonetic hint to what is literally comprised by the answers of 17-, 23-, 46- and 56-Across |
| FLYING | With 35-Across, complete success ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and 51-Across |
| DOUBLEO | Cook good food - it all contains lethal agent |
| BREAKSBREAD | Has a meal, and based on certain outer letters, what 17-, 24-, 30-, 46- and 53-Across each does |
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