| TOOCLEVERBYHALF | Overly inventive ... or a hint to the answers to 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| LIAR | Overly inventive one |
| THEPRICEISRIGHT | Classic game show or a hint to 17-, 26- and 47-Ac |
| STICKWITHIT | Persevere, or a hint to the ends of the answers to 17-, 26-, 53-, and 62-Across |
| PHOTOFINISH | Close race ending, and a hint to the answers to 17-, 26-, 39- and 54-Across |
| FRENCHOPEN | Big clay court event ... or a hint to the answers to 17-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across |
| ORDERINTHECOURT | Shout from a bench, or a reaction to 17-, 26- and 42-Across? |
| PARFORTHECOURSE | Average ... or a literal hint to 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| INERTGASES | Nonreactive elements, and what are hidden in the answers to 17-, 26-, and 47-Across |
| SLICED | With 38-Across, deli purchase ... or a description of the answer to 17-, 26-, 47- or 55-Across |
| TOMDICKANDHARRY | Trio suggested by the answers to 17-, 26- and 46-Across |
| REVIVALMEETINGS | Tent events, and a hint to the abbreviation hidden in 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| SPINCLASS | Modern exercise option ... or what the answers to 17-, 26-, 36- or 49-Across could teach? |
| FLYINGSTART | What the answers to 17-, 26-, 37-, 39- and 52-Across are all off to? |
| USEFOWLLANGUAGE | What the starts of the answers to 17-, |
| FIVEIRONS | Fairway clubs ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 17-, 24- and 45-Across and 10- and 37-Down |
| FINISHLINE | End of a race ... or a hint to the conversation closers at 18-, 26- and 42-Across |
| FASHIONFORWARD | Following the latest style trends ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 26- and 42-Across |
| COCOCHANEL | Fashion designer associated with the item spelled out by the starts of 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| CREATIVITY | Inventive or imaginative power |
