| ITAL | Like the answers at 6-Acr. and 31-Acr. |
| EPONYMOUS | Like the answers at 17-, 21-, 52-, and 56-Across |
| PAL | Friend in the highest place in the answer at 6-Down |
| TRUST | 'I periodically realize every few years that the only person whose taste I really ___ is me': 31 Acr |
| MOONFALL | 2022 disaster film directed by 22 Dn, and starring 12 Acr, 21 Acr & 9 Dn (8) |
| PEDESTAL | You'll find the answer at the foot of the column |
| AGELESS | Like someone who appears untouched by time, and like the answers to the starred clues? |
| DRIVEN | Like the answers to the starred clues |
| INTHERED | Owing, like the answers to the starred clues |
| GOESOUTWITHABANG | Finishes in grand style, like the answers to the starred clues? |
| IMPROPERLYSPELLED | Like the answers to the 10 asterisked clues, more often than any other English words, according to a |
| DOWNANDDIRTY | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues? |
| OMNIDIRECTIONAL | Like the answers to eight starred clues ... and a hint as to how to fill them in |
| SPUNAROUND | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| XRATED | Like the answers to starred clues before they were edited for content? |
| HALFBAKED | Like the answers to this puzzle's 12 asterisked clues? |
| CLUED | Like the answers in this crossword; dulce (anag.) |
| ERI | "___, _ don't know." (Um, like, the answer evades me) |
| AIRPORT | Like the answer to each asterisked clue, Louis Armstrong or John Wayne? (7) |
| SOLVERS | Your counterparts alone in possession of very right answers at last (7) |
