| MEASURESUP | Meets expectations, and a hint to words hidden in the starred answers |
| BEANSALAD | Picnic veggie dish, and a hint to words hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| TURNAROUNDTIME | Period needed to fulfill a request ... and a hint to words hidden in three long puzzle answers |
| PUTALIDONIT | "Stop complaining!" ... and a hint to the words hidden in the starred clues' answers |
| RELIGIOUSLEADER | Minister or imam, say ... and, in two ways, a hint to words hidden in 17-, 29- and 38-Across |
| INCIDENTALMUSIC | Film score component, and a hint to words hidden in 17-, 27- and 49-Across |
| PUTONTHEDOG | Pretend to be wealthy, in old slang ... and a hint to words that end answers to starred clues |
| NEWS | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| RUBSTHEWRONGWAY | Annoys, or a hint to the word hidden in the starred entries |
| DAYANDNIGHT | All the time, as well as a hint to the abbreviations hidden in the starred answers |
| TABLETENNIS | Activity suggested by the words hidden in the long Acrosses |
| ALLOVERTHEPLACE | *Wildly disorganized (Note: The title hints at the expanding word hidden in the starred clues' answers) |
| ANDOR | Words hidden in the eight longest answers |
| YINANDYANG | Chinese philosophical forces, and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| CANIGETANAMEN | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| BRIDGEOFSPIES | 2015 Cold War film, or a hint to the words hidden across the rows of starred answers |
| ASIF | "In your dreams!," words hidden in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| CRIESUNCLE | Succeeds (or fails) at finding the names hidden in the starred answers? |
| CLASSICAL | Type of elements hidden in the starred answers on this side of the grid |
| GEOMETRIC | Type of elements hidden in the starred answers on this side of the grid |
