| INGRAINED | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| VISCERAL | Deep-rooted and rapidly circulated around small church (8) |
| URBANSPRAWL | Unrestricted city expansion ... and what begins in the circled letters (and ends in uncircled ones for you to find) |
| WINTERENDS | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| WHEREITSAT | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| SANS | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| HANDSDOWN | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| ROMAN | ___ numerals (what the initial letters of the answers to the five starred clues all are) |
| AUTOMATES | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| DOUBLEDATES | Two-couple outings ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| REARENDED | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| COMINGINHOT | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| CROSSREFERENCES | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| FREE | Like the initial letters of the answers to the six starred clues, on "Wheel of Fortune" |
| FOREIGNLANGUAGE | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |
| CARS | What the answers to starred clues are part of |
| ABANDON | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| TREBLECLEF | The first words of the answers to starred clues are a mnemonic for this musical symbol's staff lines |
| NOTES | They're graphically represented three times in this grid ... and the answers to starred clues are th |
| WOODYALLENFILMS | What the answers to starred clues are (their creator turned 85 this month) |