Crossword puzzle clue "sweet or read another way a hint to five long puzzle answers"

Sweet, or, read another way, a hint to five long puzzle answers

Sadness ... or, read another way, what five puzzle answers have in common

Long long long long long long long time

Provide recon, and another hint to this puzzle's long answers

Boldness, and a hint to five long puzzle answers

Lock horns . . .or, when read another way, a hint to three pairs of starred entries in this puzzle

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

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