| ESPYS | Annual athletic achievement awards, and a phonetic hint to 17-, 27-, 47- and 61-Across |
| OBIE | Theater award ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| ESPY | Athletic achievement award |
| ONETWOTHREEFOUR | Start of a march chant aAA¦ or a hint to 17-, 27-, 47- and 63-Across |
| AFI | L.A. film org. that bestows Life Achievement Awards |
| HONORS | The Kennedy Center ___ (Performing arts achievement awards) |
| GREELEY | Journalist who popularized the advice found at the ends of 17-, 27-, 47-, and 61-Across |
| ESP | "Ability" that can be found within 17-, 27-, 47-, and 61-Across |
| ROB | He won an unprecedented three consecutive Halberg Awards and a Sydney Olympics rowing gold medal, .. |
| HELENMIRREN | British actress who has achieved the American Triple Crown of Acting, having won an Oscar, Emmy Awards and a Tony Award (5,6) |
| ISLANDS | This puzzle's theme, as suggested by the ends of 16-, 27-, 47- and 61-Across |
| EMMY | TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| HIPBONE | Welcome athletic achievement by one showing a bit of a leg (7) |
| SOP | The usual routine, briefly, and a hint to the starts of each word in 17-, 27-, 47-, and 63-Across |
| BROOK | English theatre and film director who has won Tony and Emmy Awards and the Prix Italia (5,5) |
| PETER | English theatre and film director who has won Tony and Emmy Awards and the Prix Italia (5,5) |
| LOBELIA | I'll go up to receive award and a blue-flowering plant (7) |
| SHAW | Only person to win both an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize |
| BUDDY | Pal (and a word that precedes the finishes of 17-, 27-, 47-, and 64-Across) |
| DINACARROLL | Singer who won Best British Female at the 1994 Brit Awards and whose hit singles include The Perfect Year and Don't Be a Stranger (4,7) |
