| WORKLIFEBALANCE | What the two halves of 17-, 31-, 46-, and 63-Across |
| DANCE | Hint to the start of 17-, 31-, 46- and |
| BACKFLIPS | Gymnastic feats ... or what the two halves of the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across do? |
| RIFLES | Weapons in which you can find the starts of 17-, 31-, 46- and 62-Across |
| ROCKANDROLL | Genre with a Hall of Fame in Cleveland ... or what can follow the respective halves of 17-, 33- and 40-Across |
| FINISHINGSCHOOL | A charming place, or what both halves of 17, 24, 50, and 61 Across are capable of doing |
| ALTERNATIVEROCK | Jangle pop and the like, and a hint to a hidden feature of 17-, 30-, 46- and 63-Across |
| SAGE | Learned ... or what's split across 16-, 28-, 46- and 63-Across |
| FALSE | See 17-, 30-, 46-, and 63-Across |
| RAMUS | One of the two halves of the lower jaw (5) |
| TABLE | Slab for/with an inscription; one of the two halves of a backgammon board; or, a company of people seated for supper or a game (5) |
| LIMB | Either of the two halves of a recurve bow in archery (4) |
| SEAM | Circular stitching joining the two halves of the cricket ball (4) |
| TIMESHARE | Vacation lodging purchase ... or an arrangement between the two halves of the answer to each starred |
| HINGE | Gummed square or mount used to fix a postage stamp to a page in an album; or, the joint connecting the two halves of a bivalve shell (5) |
| STOPLIGHT | Signal hinted at by the first parts of 17-, 31- and 46- Across |
| BODYANDSOUL | Wholeheartedly, or words that can precede the first and second parts, respectively, of 17-, 31- and |
| SHAMPOOTUBE | Where to see the message formed by the last parts of 17-, 31 |
| SHARETHEROAD | Exhortation to motorists from cyclists-and what the two words in each theme entry do |
| HEMISPHERES | The two halves into which the earth is divided (11) |