| POLAROPPOSITES | Completely different entities ... or the pairs of indicated words in 3-, 5- and 8-Down, in terms of meaning and location? |
| HIGHANDMIGHTY | Haughty, or in a different sense, like the top words in 3-, 9-, 23and 28- |
| ANIMALSHELTER | Where a stray may stay, or what the first indicated word in each starred clue's answer is for the second? |
| NAMES | Entities or denominates |
| KEEPINGADOGAND | & 8 Down In possession of Staff? Then I've lost it (7,1,3,3,7,7) |
| SPELLBIND | Captivate ... or what three indicated words do, vis- a- vis 17-, 26- and 45- Across? |
| COLORCORRECTION | Process you may use on video footage ... or each set of indicated letters? |
| CELL | With 58-Across, mitosis ... or what each set of indicated letters depicts? |
| LOSING | Becoming angry or a hint to the pairs of entries in rows 3,5 and 10 |
| CROSSBREEDS | Animals with parents of two distinct varieties ... or a description of the pairs of shaded words? |
| MIXEDDOUBLES | Type of tennis match, and what's spelled out by the pairs of letters added to 12 phrases in this puzzle |
| ADDEND | The 3 or 5 in 3 + 5 = 8 |
| CITYBLOCK | Urban square ... or what the answers to the pairs of starred clues seem to have between them? |
| GATE | In kayak slalom racing, any of the pairs of hanging poles that must be negotiated (4) |
| TOYS | Plush items that might utter the phrase spelled by the letters between the pairs of circles |
| HEARINGDOGS | Certain assistance animals ... or what you might be doing when you say the pairs of shaded words out loud? |
| THOUSAND | And 5 and 8 Mix for stern-sounding salad dish? (8,6,8) |
| OPPOSITES | Antonyms, like the pairs in the answers to out with it, headbutt, historical novel and cold open |
| RANGE | Line of mountains to the north in 3 (5) |
| ACES | One of the pairs in a dead man's hand in poker |
