| DCCOMICS | "Captain Marvel" publisher ... and a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 50-Across |
| BABYTALK | Infantile vocalizations, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-,37- and 50-Across |
| PLAYAROUND | Dally, and a literal hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 50- Across |
| PASSABLE | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50- Across are |
| PERFORMER | Entertainer, or a three-part hint to the shift behind 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Ac |
| FALSESTART | Gridiron infraction, and a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Across |
| WEREALLSET | "Ready to go!" ... or a description of 17-, 25-, 37- and |
| REARENDED | Bumped from behind, or a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| WASHINGTON | U.S. capital whose location is a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 52-Across |
| FUZZYMATH | It doesn't add up ... except as a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Across |
| DATAMINING | NSA surveillance activity ... or, the process needed to dig out the info hidden in 17-, 25-, 37- and |
| ISBN | Abbreviation of the name of a number assigned to every book before publication identifying its language, publisher and provenance (1,1,1,1) |
| SAMUELCLEMENS | Real name of the author, publisher and lecturer who created Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (6,7) |
| HAMLYN | Which Paul, a Germanborn British publisher and philanthropist, introduced his glossy colourful books in the 1960s? (6) |
| ZENGER | John Peter ___, early American publisher and free press champion |
| RUPERTMURDOCH | US publisher and media entrepreneur born in Australia in 1931 |
| CALLIL | Carmen, feminist publisher and writer who founded Virago Press in 1973 (6) |
| CERF | Publisher and punster Bennett |
| FINDLAY | Scottish publisher and humanitarian, John Ritchie ___ |
| PENGUIN | Publisher and writer putting arm round compiler (7) |
