| TAN | With 69-Across, beach markings ... 14 of which are hidden vertically and horizontally elsewhere in t |
| TRAFFICJAM | Rush-hour headache, components of which are hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| IMPALA | Capable of leaping up to three metres vertically and 11 metres horizontally, an African antelope with lyre-shaped horns (6) |
| PLUMMET | Drop vertically and fast (7) |
| GAIT | Horse's pace, which can be found jumping across black squares in rows 3, 6, 10 and 14 of this grid |
| YORICK | 14 of the Danes put in charge in city captured by Vikings (6) |
| DEISM | Rational belief in God based on reason rather than revelation, prevalent in England and elsewhere in the 17th and 18th centuries (5) |
| GOODFORNOTHINGS | Wastes of space seen in 18 and elsewhere in puzzle (4-3-8) |
| ACROSS | 14 of these clues are a sign of the times! |
| REINHOLDMESSNER | Mountaineering legend controversially stripped by Guinness in 2023 of his record for climbing all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks; GPS data showed he'd missed one summit by about 15 feet |
| NFL | Org. behind 14 of the 15 most-watched TV broadcasts in U.S. history |
| THE | Cut in refinement, get work by 14 of more than one 6? (3,9) |
| WASTELAND | Cut in refinement, get work by 14 of more than one 6? (3,9) |
| CLAY | Playing surface on which Rafael Nadal has won 14 of his 22 Grand Slam titles (4) |
| HOPE | Diamond that originated in India and was owned by King Louis XIV of France (4) |
| MONTESPAN | Which mistress of Louis XIV of France bore him several children before being replaced by Mme de Maintenon? (9) |
| OVERSHOE | Across beach, run off to get galosh (8) |
| MISHANDLE | Badly judge distance across beach horse must go through |
| YOUTHHOSTELS | Solver takes half of them - and then some - to cohost elsewhere in inexpensive lodging places |
| LAHDIDAH | Accent, an example of the 14 of 4? (3-2-3) |
