| GAINWEIGHT | What 18-, 23-, 37- and 46-Across do to become puns? |
| BREAKDANCE | Debut sport at the Pan's Olympics, or what 16-, 22-, 36-, and 46-Across do to their circled letters |
| KIDAROUND | Tease, or a hint to the indicated letters in 18-, 23-, 37- and 46-Across |
| STICKEMUP | "Hands in the air!" ... or a literal hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 46-Across |
| NOWSEEHERE | "You listen to me," and an instruction about what to look for in 17-, 23-, 37- and 46-Across |
| ASCEND | It's what 18 across do to shoot up (6) |
| SPELLOUT | Explain in detail or what the starts of 19-, 26- and 46- Across do, phonetically? |
| PASSTHEBAR | What high jumper needs to do to become a lawyer? (4,3,3) |
| ENDING | What sibling and offspring do to become close (6) |
| INTEGRATE | What you have to do to become one (9) |
| DIE | What Jesus had to do to become the savior |
| HEADLINER | What ship's captain may do to become front-line performer |
| FLYOFFTHEHANDLE | What a witch might do to become very angry? (3,3,3,6) |
| FOAMATTHEMOUTH | What a person having epileptic fit might do to become very angry? (4,2,3,5) |
| TAKEORDERS | What waiters do to become priests (4,6) |
| SETONESTEETH | What orthodontist will do to become resolute? (3,4,5) |
| TURNKEY | What a jailer must do to become a jailer? (7) |
| LACTATE | What one must do to become a milk producer (7) |
| RUNIN | November 12, 1991: ___ ___ the election and then win it - that's what June Rowlands did to become the first female Mayor of Toronto |
| ITSASECRET | "Shh! Don't tell!" and hint to what can precede the starts of 18-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across |
