| KIDS | With 70- and 71-Across, what the middle of this puzzle is |
| CASTING | With 146-Across, what the center of this puzzle is doing during a 125-Across |
| SEE | With 70- and 71-Across, agree ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| CDT | What the middle of the U.S. is usually on, for short |
| SUNTAN | With 71 Across, what the people in this puzzle need? |
| HIDDEN | With 71-Across, what the answers to starred clues contain? |
| OWE | What the middle of 58-Across stands for |
| OHIO | Interstates 70 and 71 cross in its capital |
| NOTMUCHMEATON | With 70 and 83 Across, Spencer's view of Kate in Pat and Mike |
| FISHLADDER | Structure alongside a dam ... and what can be found in the middle of this puzzle |
| FESTIVUSPOLE | Holiday centerpiece depicted in the middle of this puzzle |
| GAUSS | Mathematician whose work pioneered concepts represented by the symbol at the center of this puzzle |
| EULER | Mathematician whose work pioneered concepts represented by the symbol at the center of this puzzle |
| IMAGINARY | Like numbers represented by the symbol at the center of this puzzle |
| PINATA | Party item depicted in the middle of this puzzle's grid |
| KCALB | The middle of this puzzle's grid, symbolically |
| TON | Weight found in the middle of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| CHIMP | Monkey in the middle (of this puzzle) |
| PRO | Expert, and what's in motion in 1-, 20-, 40-, 57- and 71- Across |
| TEL | Rabin Square, commemorating the assassinated Prime Minister, is in the middle of this city, ... Aviv |
