| HELLOTHERE | Friendly greeting, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25- and 47-Across |
| ALOHA | Eastender greeting and a bit of a giggle for Island greeting (5) |
| LEADINGQUESTION | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| SECONDARYCOLORS | Hues appearing in 17-, 25- and 47-Across |
| WHISTLEBLOWERS | What 20-, 25- and 47- Across all are, in one way or another |
| HALLOWED | Just a simple greeting and we marry and the union is made holy (8) |
| HELLOWILDHORSES | Friendly greeting to a group of feral equines? (Adele + The Rolling Stones = Flo Rida) |
| LONGISLANDSOUND | Body of water south of Connecticut . . . or what the starts of 17-, 25-, and 40-Across combine to make? |
| CIAO | Word of greeting and parting with the derivation "I am your servant" |
| BIGBADWOLF | Nursery rhyme villain, and a hint to the first words of 17-, 25-, and 52-Across |
| ONESTOPSHOPPING | Target convenience, and a hint to the first words of 17-, 25- and 43-Across |
| GOODAFTERNOON | Travel to and fro with one out to offer friendly greeting (4,9) |
| DAP | "The Sacred Art of Giving ___": Ta-Nehisi Coates essay about a friendly greeting |
| HELLO | Greetings and welcome to the torment of love (5) |
| HIGHLAND | Greeting and embracing good husband, left place for a fling? (8) |
| AVERAGED | Came up with a mean greeting and acted mad (8) |
| BEACHPARTY | Shindig by the shore, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across |
| FRANCHI | The Italian gunmaker gives Swiss currency a friendly greeting (7) |
| THATSAWRAP | "Finished!"...or an observation about the starts of 17-, 25- and 45-Across |
| WHATSGOINGON | Casual greeting ... and #4 on the list |
