| TODO | With 36-Across, agenda that consists of 17-, |
| HAIKU | This Japanese poetic form consists of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables each. |
| ORDEROFTHEDAY | Agenda that suggests a hefty do (5,2,3,3) |
| MISSIONOFGUILT | Parental agenda that involves claims like, "You never call, you never text ... "? |
| SEA | End of a Hemingway title that consists of all three-letter words |
| SCANDINAVIA | Region of Europe that consists of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (11) |
| ASIA | Region that consists of more than 17,000,000 square miles |
| VARIETY | Entertainment that consists of a series of short unrelated acts (7) |
| BETA | Radiation that consists of streams of electrons (4) |
| PUBLICSECTOR | The part of an economy that consists of stateowned institutions (6,6) |
| INDONESIA | Republic that consists of thousands of islands (9) |
| TRILOGY | Attempt to capture India with diary that consists of three books |
| CHAINSTITCH | Sewing style that consists of a series of loops (5,6) |
| STU | Man's nickname that consists of three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| MUSICAL | A play or film that consists of dialogue interspersed with singing and dancing (7) |
| CUFFS | Shackles that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist (5) |
| SARI | A dress of southern Asian women that consists of light material draped around the body (4) |
| CUFF | Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs (4) |
| INCLINEDPLANE | Tool that consists of a sloping surface; it is used for raising heavy bodies. The plane offers a mechanical advantage in that the force required to move an object up the incline is less than the weigh |
| TOKELAU | Island territory of New Zealand that consists of three atolls: Fakaofo, Nukunonu, and Atafu. |
