% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Crossword clues for __ a break! 5 letters

AnswerClue
BREAKGo all to pieces
BREAKIntermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across
BREAKEightball starter
BREAKPool opening
BREAKWhat to do with the news
BREAKSpring ___
BREAKNine ball beginning
BREAKWork stoppage?
BREAKStart a game of pool
BREAKIt can precede the words at either end of 20-, 39-, and 58-Across
BREAKDisclose, as news.
BREAKCoffee ___
BREAKPeriod between sessions
BREAKWith 65-Across, go against the group ... or what the shaded squares literally do in the answers to the starred clues
BREAKGo to pieces?
BREAKBit of luck
BREAKWord missing from 17, 23, 44, 56 Across
BREAKCome apart
BREAKStroke of luck
BREAKTake five
BREAKTime-out for coffee
BREAKStart a rack
BREAKChance piece of luck: Slang.
BREAKWhat curve balls do.
BREAKTV interval.
BREAKCrack.
BREAKReveal, as news
BREAKJazz solo cadenza
BREAKShatter
BREAKHuddle ender
BREAKInterruption
BREAKNeed fixing
BREAKWord that can follow the last word of 17- and 54-Across and 11- and 27-Down
BREAKIntermission
BREAKRespite from work
BREAKTime away from work
BREAKEscape, with "out"
BREAKRecess
BREAKThe "five" in "take five," e.g.
BREAKTime-out
BREAKTame
BREAKCoffee time
BREAKDo better than, as a score
BREAKTime for coffee
BREAKFracture
BREAKShort recess
BREAKDawn.
BREAKSocial blunder: Slang.
BREAKHiatus.
BREAKWith 57-Down, part of a morning routine