| CONSTITUTION | What 53-Across changed |
| NINEOUT | (and 5 Across) Changed note of tune in a good score (4,3,2,3) |
| SNL | Where Fey lampooned 53- Across |
| TRUTH | See 53- Across |
| ASANA | 53- Across posture |
| ACURA | Car that's 53- Across with an added letter |
| STIR | With 53-Across, cook by tossing in hot oil, or what the circled letters do in 21-, 26-, 43-, and 50-Across |
| AQISNTALWAYS | With 53-Across, what this puzzle proves |
| STEPS | With 53-Across, walks across |
| ALBERT | With 53-Across, physics Nobelist who devised the formula that begins 17-, 22-, 34- and 46-Across |
| CASHUPFRONT | Downpayment ... and what 17-, 25-, 38- and 53-Across have in common (besides being food) |
| SAY | What you can do to the first parts of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| DELAWARESONLY | With 53-Across, what the answers to the capitalized clues are |
| BROKENPROMISE | Unfulfilled campaign pledge ... and a hint to what 16-, 23-, 46and 53-Across all contain |
| CLOTHES | With 53-Across, what a 7-Down helps keep |
| MARITIMELAW | As per #53-Across... It changed for safety after April 15th, 1912: 2 wds. |
| DUSTJACKET | Book protector .. and what 17- 24-, 39-, and 53-Across each has |
| BROKEN | With 53-Across, what lovers often have after ending their relationships ... or a hint to both this grid's shape and the word hidden in each starred answer |
| OUTEREDGES | Peripheries, and what 17-, 23- and 53-Across all contain |
| ITSOKWITHME | "Sure, go ahead" ... and a literal hint to what's found in 17-, 26-, 38- and 53-Across |
