| SAMESEXMARRIAGE | Hot-button issue hinted at by 16-, 22-, 37- and 47-Across? |
| BITTERLY | How hot-button issues are contested |
| JENSON | Button's issue after info on the radio (6) |
| EYE | Feature shared by 16-, 22-, 50- and 61-Across |
| OFFTHEWALL | Bizarre, and what the ends of 16-, 22-, 37-, and 49-Across are when redecorating |
| YOULLPAYFORTHIS | Cry from someone seeking revenge ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-Across |
| FURCOAT | Wrap "worn" by 17-, 22-, 37- and 48-Across? |
| BARBERSHOP | Establishment where the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-Across take place |
| THEWALL | Pink Floyd album that's also a hot-button 2019 political issue |
| PROLIFE | One side of a hot-button social issue |
| TRIPLEPLAY | Baseball rarity, and a hint to the vowels in the first words of 16-, 22-, 29-, 37- and 44- Across |
| REOPEN | Hot-button verb in the COVID-19 era |
| WEDGEISSUE | I guessed we resolved hot-button topic (5,5) |
| COOLCAT | Hipster, and based on their initials, what each of 16-, 22-, 52- and |
| SORESPOT | Hot button |
| MEDICARE | Perennial hot-button political debate topic |
| TAXES | Political hot button |
| MEDIABIAS | Hot-button subject in journalism |
| ISSUE | Hot- button ___ |
| IRE | Hot-button response |
