| DRAWCONCLUSIONS | Use deductive reasoning ... or a hint to what 17-, 27- and 43-Across all have |
| DRAWACONCLUSION | Use deductive reasoning |
| INFERS | Uses deductive reasoning |
| HERBALESSENCES | Shampoo brand that claims to be "plant obsessed," and what 20-, 34-, and 43-Across all have |
| THROWBACKS | Reversions ... or what 17-, 26- and 43-Across all have? |
| INSIDELANES | Passing areas, and a hint to what 17-, 24-, 38-, and |
| HITSTHETRIFECTA | Has a big track payday (and a hint to hidden words that begin 17-, 27- and 43-Across) |
| WATSON | Loyal friend, chronicler and flatmate at 221B Baker Street of a detective famed for deductive reasoning (6) |
| TOUCHOFEVIL | 1958 Orson Welles film noir ... and a hint to 17-, 27- and 43-Across |
| SPLITEND | Wide receiver, or a hint to 17-, 27- and 43-Across |
| PRIORI | Reasoning or knowledge: a ___ |
| LOGIC | For example, all men are mortal is part of deductive reasoning (5) |
| APRIORI | Isle of Capri or Isle of Man demonstrate deductive reasoning from Roman times (1,6) |
| DOTHESPLITS | Perform a cheerleader's feat, and a hint to what 17-, 23-, 40- and 50-Across' first words have in co |
| FINALLEGS | Ending segments, or what has been attached to common phrases in 17-, 27-, and 43-Across |
| ENTER | Come in, and a hint to what 17-, 39-, and 62-Across have in common |
| TENABLE | Based on sound reasoning or evidence (7) |
| CIRCULAR | Word before "reasoning" or "saw" |
| THINKING | Reasoning or philosophy |
| TWENTYQUESTIONS | Deductive reasoning activity that may launch an inquiry using the first word in each of the other starred clues |
