| COMPOSTBIN | Place for kitchen scraps, such as those starting 16-, 24-, 32- and 44-Across |
| PREMEDITATED | Calculated ... or a punny hint to 18-, 24-, 32- and 44-Across |
| PANTRY | Place for kitchen storage |
| NOCANDO | "Above my pay grade" ... and, read in four parts, a hint to 16-, 24-, 32-, 40- and 49- Across |
| PIGSWILL | Island GP's extraordinary desire for kitchen scraps |
| BUTTERCHURN | Dairy implement, and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 23-, 32-, and 44-Across |
| WHOLEFOODS | Healthy eating store that could aptly carry 17-, 24-, 32- and 49-Across? |
| UNIONIZED | Like some factories ... or, in a different sense, like 90-, 109- and 119-Across (but not 24-, 32- and 53-Across)? |
| SWILL | Wet feed for pigs, consisting of kitchen scraps (5) |
| RINDS | Kitchen scraps |
| ORTS | Kitchen scraps |
| OPENMIKE | Oscar Pike entertains working men for all those starting out who'd like to work for funny money! (4, |
| FIRSTCLASS | Very early lesson for those starting school of the best quality (5-5) |
| SECRET | Those starting for every side today, with a skeleton in the cupboard (6) |
| HOLIDAY | Rest period for those starting on all sides today (7) |
| RAISE | Salary increase for those starting on all sides today (5) |
| SETTLERS | They pay for those starting a new life |
| BONAPPETIT | A term of French for those starting course |
| HOLD | Clutch for those starting on the grid today (4) |
| SQUAREONE | Conservative individual provides retreat for those starting again |
