| SPLINTERGROUP | Factional offshoot, and what you must do to understand 67 Across and 81 Across |
| COWS | 67-Across and others |
| AMANDA | And 81 across Pictured actress (6,8) |
| OFCOURSETHATS | End of every opinion piece by 24 Down on his old live show (continues at 71 and 81 Across) |
| DROPCAP | Large letter at the beginning of a paragraph, and what you must do to make sense of each starred answer |
| RAISETHEDEAD | Bring people back to life, and what you must do in four rows in this puzzle |
| DROPTHEBEAT | Demand to a DJ, and what you must do when entering the starred answers |
| AIRDROP | Share from phone to phone, or what you must do to this grid seven times for the answers to make sense |
| CRUNCHTIME | Do-or-die moment, or what you must do to this puzzle's theme answers |
| SPINCLASSES | Intense cycling sessions ... or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| ADS | What TiVo users may skip over ... and what you must skip over to understand this puzzle's theme |
| BREAKEVEN | Have a balance between income and expenditures, and what you must do to understand 11 Down |
| SLICESERVE | Delivery with side spin, and what you must do to understand 55 Across |
| TEARSHEETS | Things ripped out of a magazine, and what you must do to understand 64 Across |
| RAISETHEBAR | Set higher standards, and what you must do five times in this puzzle |
| LEAVENOSTONEUNTURNED | Check everything-or what you must do to solve this puzzle |
| BREAKALEG | What you must do, to answer each pair of starred clues |
| RUNUPATAB | Accumulate charges ... or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle |
| SHUFFLE | What you may need to do to understand the four sets of circled letters |
| PARTCOMPANY | Go different ways, and what you must do to understand 19 Down |
