| MIXEDSIGNALS | Source of dating frustration, or a hint to the starred answers' scrambled words |
| WINEBLENDS | Mixed drinks?...or a hint to the starred answers' scrambled letters |
| SHORTCHANGE | Treat unfairly, or a hint to each starred answer's scrambled last word |
| JUMBLEDTHOUGHTS | Mix of things on your mind, or this puzzle's scrambled words |
| DAILYJUMBLE | Scrambled words newspaper game |
| JUMBLE | Newspaper puzzle that involves scrambled words |
| MARCHMADNESS | Annual sports event that begins with Selection Sunday on 3/15 ... or, cryptically, a hint to the scrambled word found at the starts of 20-, 29-, 37- and |
| SPLITENDS | Hair frustrations, or what the words broken across the starred clues' answers are? |
| STBEDE | Canonized monk who introduced the custom of dating events from the birth of Christ |
| BEDE | Theologian who started the custom of dating events from the birth of Christ |
| DOJACATPEGGYLEE | *Line 1 on this puzzle's mixtape label: "Say So" / "Fever" (Hint: Note the scrambled word in each starred clue's answer) |
| ARAUCARIA | 12 19, a right old way of dating a number (9) |
| AARGH | Exclamation of frustration or rage (5) |
| HECK | Exclamation of frustration or dismay (4) |
| GREGORIAN | Ignore rag that's wrong in relation to new style of dating (9) |
| DANNII | _ Minogue, host of dating show I Kissed A Boy (6) |
| MAYA | The host of dating show Love Island, _ Jama (4) |
| ONLINE | Kind of dating or shopping |
| CARBON | Method of dating one used to copy (6) |
| JEEZ | Expression expressing frustration or surprise (4) |
