| EASYDOESIT | "Careful now" ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 27- and 46-Across |
| THEENDOFTHEYEAR | Right about now (and a hint to the closing word of each theme answer) |
| ITALLADDSUP | "That makes sense now" ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| PLOTTWIST | Novel surprise ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 21-, |
| QUEERCODING | Subtextual process for some characters, or a hint to the word scrambled in 17-, 27- and 46-Across |
| TEARAPART | Rip to pieces, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| RADIOEDIT | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| SEEDCAPITAL | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| ANTEUP | Poker request, and a literal hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| SWAPMEET | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| DAILYJUMBLE | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| TUMBLEWEEDS | Drifters in some Western scenes and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| YINANDYANG | Chinese philosophical forces, and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| CANIGETANAMEN | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| BROKENPROMISE | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| THEIDESOFMARCH | Bad day for Julius, and a hint to what's hidden in three long answers |
| SHAPESHIFTERS | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| ADDTOGETHER | Combine ... and a hint to what's hidden in eight long answers |
| CLOSINGARGUMENT | Court wrap-up ... and what's hidden in 17-, 29- and |
| PLAYTHEBACKNINE | Take on holes 10 through 18 ... and a hint to a letter sequence hidden in 17-, 27- and 45-Across |
