See the 11 answer words debuted by Courtenay Crocker III.
| Z | E | S | T | S | G | R | A | B | S | G | E | E | ||
| A | F | T | R | A | L | A | R | U | E | O | L | D | ||
| G | R | O | U | C | H | O | M | A | R | X | L | I | E | |
| S | E | W | N | O | R | E | B | U | R | D | E | N | ||
| M | E | D | D | L | I | N | G | A | R | F | ||||
| L | E | D | A | A | L | L | R | I | S | E | ||||
| A | M | I | E | S | S | S | E | E | T | S | ||||
| B | E | N | D | I | N | G | T | H | E | R | U | L | E | S |
| A | N | A | O | O | P | E | N | D | T | O | ||||
| B | U | T | T | S | I | N | S | W | A | B | ||||
| R | A | H | G | H | O | U | L | I | S | H | ||||
| T | E | A | B | A | G | Y | R | S | A | L | A | R | ||
| H | A | N | R | E | V | E | R | S | E | S | I | D | E | |
| O | T | C | I | N | A | N | E | D | E | C | A | F | ||
| U | S | E | F | E | R | A | L | O | D | E | T | S |
| C | H | E | S | T | E | R | J | E | T | S | K | I | S | |
| R | E | D | T | I | D | E | A | D | A | M | A | N | T | |
| O | R | I | O | L | E | S | M | I | L | I | T | I | A | |
| U | N | S | P | E | N | T | B | E | L | L | A | |||
| C | I | O | S | H | O | Y | E | R | B | A | ||||
| H | A | N | D | L | E | O | R | A | S | I | M | I | ||
| L | I | M | A | P | E | R | U | N | O | D | ||||
| M | A | N | I | N | O | U | T | E | R | S | P | A | C | E |
| I | R | E | A | R | G | O | S | I | E | S | ||||
| S | L | A | V | Y | M | A | D | R | A | F | T | S | ||
| S | O | R | E | R | E | D | E | I | R | A | ||||
| E | L | I | A | N | B | E | L | A | R | U | S | |||
| S | E | R | V | A | N | T | E | Y | E | L | I | D | S | |
| D | E | T | E | N | T | E | R | E | V | E | N | G | E | |
| S | L | O | T | T | E | D | T | R | I | G | G | E | R |
As the central Across answer MAN IN OUTER SPACE suggests, the six words at 1-, 18-, 27-, 47-, 62- and 68-Across (CHESTER, MILITIA, HANDLE, DRAFTS, SERVANT and TRIGGER) need to be preceded or followed by MAN (MANCHESTER, MILITIAMAN, MANHANDLE, DRAFTSMAN, MANSERVANT and TRIGGERMAN) to answer their clues.