| REPHRASE | Express differently, ... the question |
| REWORD | Express differently |
| REFRAME | Express differently note by female artist and writer (7) |
| LIPPSINC | Tar Heel St. city named for a part of the mouth with a trident-shaped Greek letter written on it? ... or, when parsed differently, the band with the No. 1 hit spelled out in the circled squares |
| SPASM | Spell differently the contents of 2 (5) |
| ICONIC | Memorable ... or, parsed differently, the two-row arrangement in each pair of starred clues' answers? |
| TURNITON | Suddenly become charming ... or, parsed differently, the rule for formulating 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| THEYTHEM | Nonbinary pronoun pair, or, when parsed differently, the initial letters of 17-, 30-, 37-, 38- and 47-Across |
| SLOGS | Tedious tasks ... or, parsed differently, the ends of 23-Across, 28-Down and 30-Down? |
| SLUMBER | Sleep ... or, parsed differently, the result of chopping 41-Across? |
| TOCALLEACHOTHER | End of the question (Rearrange the circled letters for the answer) |
| HEDGED | Beat about the bush, ... the question |
| LILYTOMLIN | "If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?" source |
| IFREADIN | "RWandA is the answer. What is the question?" (Part 1) |
| ATOMISM | Theory that answers the question "What's the matter?"? |
| NODDLE | Out of the question for theologian connecting the French to old local head (6) |
| SEX | "I don't know the question, but ___ is definitely the answer": Woody Allen |
| WHEN | The question is, what stunted the tot's growth? |
| EASY | A walk in the park if feeling ill is out of the question (4) |
| CASK | A number of people pop the question concerning the wine container (4) |
