| FATTUESDAY | What 3/4/2014 is, and a hint to 18-, 31-, 37- and 44-Across |
| BACKUPBANDS | Supporting musicians, or what can be found in 17-, 31-, 37-, and 44-Across |
| VINTAGEDOLL | Annabelle in new horror flick "Annabelle" (2014) is a what?: 2 wds. |
| NUMEROLOGY | Suggests 2014 is already decided depending on the significance of when you were born (10) |
| DEGENERES | Whose tweet from the Academy Awards in March 2014 is the most retweeted ever? (9) |
| GOODTOKNOW | "Interesting fact!" ... and a hint for the ends of 18-, 31- and 46-Across |
| LATEBLOOMER | One developing at their own rate, or a hint to the last few letters of 18-, 31- or 50-Across |
| BUNWARMER | Appliance sometimes used for part of the food suggested by 18-, 31- and 48-Across' starts |
| TRIPLEPLAY | Baseball rarity, and a hint to the vowels in the first words of 16-, 22-, 29-, 37- and 44- Across |
| CROUCHBINDSET | What three instructions does a rugby referee give to players forming a scrum? (6,4,3) |
| CUBEROOT | What 3 is to 27 (4,4) |
| NONFAT | That which is devoid of lard could be termed what (3-3) |
| CATCHSOMEZS | What I hope I'll be able to do better with my CPAP machine, and what three phrases in this puzzle do to create the double-starred answers |
| SPELLBIND | Captivate ... or what three indicated words do, vis- a- vis 17-, 26- and 45- Across? |
| PRIMENUMBERS | Integers such as 23, 29, 31, 37, etc (5, 7) |
| ILY | What "<3<3<3" might mean (Abbr.) |
| SOMEBODY | It's being unspecified what 3 24 sang to 2 (8) |
| NONUSERS | Those who don't take drugs could be referred to as what (3-5) |
| LOW | US slowcore band with albums C'mon and Hey What (3) |
| THESHOWMUSTGOON | Broadway do-or-die philosophy, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 30-, 37- and 44-Across |