Crossword puzzle clue "columnists in a way in this puzzle's four longest answers"

Columnists, in a way, in this puzzle's four longest answers

Org. that has four teams with non-plural nicknames, which begin this puzzle's four longest answers

Foe hiding, in a way, in the puzzle's four longest answers

It's zero in free-fall—and, put another way, a hint to how the four longest puzzle answers were formed

Fooled by one's imagination ... or, another way, what the four other longest puzzle answers are?

Casual refusal ... and, another way, a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers

Convicted hastily and unfairly ... or, in a way, like the four other longest puzzle answers?

How many letters are in the longest answers in this puzzle - or how many of these answers there are