| MIDDLECLASS | Average income group, and a hint to hidden words in 18-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |
| BEERCHASER | Half a boilermaker ... and what's aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40 and 51- Across |
| DOUBLEPLAYS | Baseball coups, and a hint to the homophonic relationship in the sequence of first words in 18-, 24- |
| GOESTHEDISTANCE | Finishes a task, and a hint to hidden words in this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| FISHLADDER | Structure that creates a path for upstream migration, and a hint to hidden words in four long Down answers |
| LANGUAGEBARRIER | Foreigner's obstacle ... or a hint to hidden words in 17-, 29-, 37- and 49-Across |
| PULLEDMUSCLES | Common sports injuries ... and a hint to hidden words that span both parts of the answers to starred |
| INNERCIRCLE | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| DOWNWARDDOG | Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues |
| TIMESPANS | Millenniums, for instance ... or a hint to the hidden words in 17-, 31- and 44- Across |
| FRINGEELEMENTS | Radical members of a group, and a hint to the circled letters |
| THISANDTHAT | Miscellany, and a hint to the hidden words in the starred answers |
| SEVENSEAS | Global group, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| HITSTHETRIFECTA | Has a big track payday (and a hint to hidden words that begin 17-, 27- and 43-Across) |
| BEEGEES | "Jive Talkin'" group, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| EMI | Found in semi-ripe cuttings, Electrical and Musical Industries Ltd was a British business group and a record label between 1931 and 2012! (1,1,1) |
| SPORADES | Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea comprising a northern group and a southern group (8) |
| STIRUPDRAMA | Create tension in a group, and a direction that was followed when forming the answer to each starred clue? |
| MARINECORPS | "Semper fi" group...and a phonetic hint to the middles of the starred clues' answers |
| TECHSTARTUP | New venture that may collaborate with Y Combinator, and what 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across each literally has? |
