| BUNDLEOFJOY | What 17-Across is |
| WATERCOLORS | Contents of some palettes ... or what 17- Across, 11- Down and 31- Down could be, given that their starts are rivers? |
| DETECTIVES | What 17-Across and 29-Across are in Agatha Christie mysteries |
| SLASHERFILM | Movie with graphic violence ... or what 17-Across, 22-Down or 39-Down each is? |
| IFITOLLEDTHEM | With 36- and 44-Across, what 17-Across might have said when his job became too repetitious? |
| FORESEES | What 17-Across has, phonetically |
| ALS | What 17-Across raised money for, in brief |
| TENLETTERS | What 17-Across contains |
| TOPBILLING | What 17-Across enjoys |
| GIANTWORM | What 17-Across went as, literally wiggling around the venue on the floor as she entered |
| GLASS | "17 Across" is a good girl, clearly (5) |
| SEWER | Where a 17-Across is directed |
| ASIA | Where 17 Across is |
| SEACOW | "the 17-across is also known as the ___" |
| RISESE | Where #17-Across is located in Calgary, 555 Saddledome ___ _ _ |
| IANMCEWAN | British author of the novel upon which 17-Across is based: 2 wds. |
| HOOVER | Colleen ___ (novelist who wrote the book 17-Across is based on) |
| STOCKHOLDER | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50- Across is? |
| OVERSHARING | Social sin ... and what 17-, 23-, 38- and 48- Across are guilty of? |
| DMS | Private chats, briefly, and what 17-, 29-, 45-, and 6i-Across literally are |
