| ALLINADAYSWORK | "Just doing my job" ... and a hint to the word hidden in 20-, 25-, and 43-Across |
| COMPILE | Go in for my job and you'll come out with a cracked lip! (7) |
| INSIDEMAN | Helper in a bank job, and a hint to an infiltrator in six Across answers |
| SIDEHUSTLE | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| BLUECOLLAR | Descriptor for manual labor jobs ... and a hint to the round word in the lower-right corner of this puzzle |
| BACKUPPLANS | "Just in case" arrangements, and a hint to the word hidden in reverse in each starred answer |
| INNERCIRCLE | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| ITSATRAP | Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Acros |
| PUTALIDONIT | "Stop complaining!" ... and a hint to the words hidden in the starred clues' answers |
| RUBSTHEWRONGWAY | Annoys, or a hint to the word hidden in the starred entries |
| ACTIONPACKED | Like a movie filled with exciting scenes, or a hint to the word hidden in 20-, 36- and 43-Across |
| BRIDGEOFSPIES | 2015 Cold War film, or a hint to the words hidden across the rows of starred answers |
| ITRY | Just doing my job: 2 wds. |
| ALLINADAYS | *"Just doing my job" |
| STOCKHOLDER | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50- Across is? |
| BUILTTOLAST | Constructed for endurance, and a hint for the word hidden in 20-, 34- and 43-Across |
| APPOINT | Give someone a job and a precise place to do it, you say (7) |
| ERGO | Therefore (or the word hidden in the four theme answers) |
| FROMTIMETOTIME | On occasion ... and how 20-, 25- and 43- Across go? |
| GREEN | New to the job and a little envious? (5) |
