| FINISHINGSCHOOL | Where girls learn social graces, and hint to what the first words of 18- and 62-Across and 3- and 30 |
| TABLEMANNERS | Bishop in story has social graces and the proper means to chew the fat (5,7) |
| GETA | Words that may precede the first words of 18-, 40- and 62- Across and 3- and 32- |
| TVSHOWS | What the ends of 21- and 57-Across and 3- and 30-Down all name |
| OPENFORBUSINESS | Sign in a store window, and what the last words of 18- and 62-Across and 4- and 27-Down can do |
| BEGINNINGOFFALL | September equinox, and a hint to the starts of 18- & 62-Across and 2-, 3-, 10-, 33-, 37- & 38-Down |
| TAILEND | Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| ITSAKEEPER | Angler's "I don't have to throw this one back," and hint to the first word of 18-, 26-, 37- and 47-A |
| CASHUPFRONT | Seller's assurance of payment, and a hint to what the last words of the answers to starred clues can |
| BREAKINGBAD | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| FALLBEHIND | Lag, and a hint to what the starts of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| BRAKEJOBS | Garage offerings, and a phonetic hint to what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 11 and 13 do |
| THALIA | Name shared by one of the Graces and one of the Muses |
| YOUYOUYOU | *Whom "I'm in love with" in an Ames Brothers song, and a hint to what the answers to starred clues c |
| TRADINGPLACES | Classic 1983 comedy ... or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| METWO | Hint to what the answers to the four starred clues have in common |
| CRIMEANWAR | Context of 18 and 27 associated with 19 and 23 (7,3) |
| LOCO | Off one's rocker, and a hint to what the four longest puzzle answers have in common |
| WISECRACK | Make a witty comment, or a phonetic hint to what the indicated letters do (Bonus: Note what these letters spell) |
| LEADEROFTHEPACK | 1964 #1 hit, and hint to theme found in last words of 18- and 64-Across and 3- and 31-Down |
