| BROKENPROMISE | Unfulfilled campaign pledge ... and a hint to what 16-, 23-, 46and 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 |
| BAIN | Donald who wrote a 1963 "memoir" seen in the first words of 17-, 30-, 46and 60- Across |
| MTPROMISES | CAMPAIGN PLEDGES? |
| DOUBLETHEGUARDS | Increase security twofold ... and what 17-, 25-, 46and 58-Across literally do |
| DUSTSPRAYS | Pledge, and others |
| BUBBLETEAMS | Major topic of conversation leading up to NCAA's Selection Sunday ... and what 16-, 23-, 36-, and 46-Across all contain? |
| DODO | What the longest Across answers all contain |
| PROTEINS | Meat, fish, eggs all contain these (8) |
| OVERACT | Open boxes at the front all contain ham (7) |
| DOUBLEO | Cook good food - it all contains lethal agent |
| RECOIL | What 16 does to make you flinch? (6) |
| LESS | Like what 16 is compared to 37 |
| JEEP | Mock almost completed — with Q 17 what's 16, 4x4? |
| FALSEDAWN | Unfulfilled hint one may be about to enjoy a rise? |
| DOTDOTDOT | Indication of more to come ... or what 17-, 28- and 43-Across all contain |
| FLORA | What 16 may eat or live in (5) |
| SCARLET | With 38-Across, symbols of a scandal ... or what 16-, 23-, 47- and 58-Across consist of (in their entirety)? |
| HOTHEADED | Impetuous, and what 16-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across are, initially |
