| BEACHFRONT | Valuable shore property, and a hint to what the first words of 17-, 23-, 37- and 45-Across have in c |
| CANDY | Checkout counter staple ... or, when read as three words, what 20-, 31-, 47- and 55-Across have in c |
| CHANGEHANDS | Be sold, as property ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| MILESAPART | Not even close to an agreement ... or, literally, what 17-, 27- and 45-Across have in common |
| LIVESOFEASE | Carefree existences ... or, punnily, what 17-, 27- and 45-Across have |
| CASHUPFRONT | Seller's assurance of payment, and a hint to what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have in common |
| TAILEND | Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| FALLBEHIND | Lag, and a hint to what the starts of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| YOUYOUYOU | *Whom "I'm in love with" in an Ames Brothers song, and a hint to what the answers to starred clues c |
| BREAKINGBAD | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| TIRESWING | Backyard recreation (and a clue to the starts of 17-, 23-, 37-, and 45-Across) |
| ASPOTOFTEA | Warm cupful ... and, literally, what's hidden in the answers to 17-, 23-, 37- and 45-Across |
| LOCO | Off one's rocker, and a hint to what the four longest puzzle answers have in common |
| BRAKEJOBS | Garage offerings, and a phonetic hint to what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 11 and 13 do |
| FINISHINGSCHOOL | Where girls learn social graces, and hint to what the first words of 18- and 62-Across and 3- and 30-Down have in common |
| MIDJULY | Today, and a hint to what the longest answers (doubly) have in common |
| OLIVERTWIST | Dickens character (and a hint to what the *clue answers might have in common) |
| DECAY | Dentist's concern, and a hint to what the longest answers have in common |
| METWO | Hint to what the answers to the four starred clues have in common |
| TRADINGPLACES | Classic 1983 comedy ... or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |