| ICS | Suffix with 42-Down |
| LEAVEME | With 42-Down, "I don't want anything to do with this!" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| PER | With 42 Down, daily allowance |
| REDD | With 42-Down, '70s sitcom actor |
| SORE | With 42 Down, ungracious player |
| LEAD | With 42-Down, literally, control completely |
| TRA | With 42-Down, nonsense syllables in a song |
| ONE | With 42 Down, geologist's billion years |
| KENOSHA | With 42 Down, Orson Welles birthplace |
| GENE | With 42-Down, "Frosty the Snowman" singer |
| MAN | With 42-Down, like some bobsleds |
| PSI | With 42 Down, a Greek movie genre? |
| XER | With 42-Down, boomer's kid |
| SNOW | With 42-Down, stir-fry veggie |
| OLD | With 42-Down, unlikely racetrack pick |
| PLATDU | With 42-down, restaurant dish of the day |
| HAKUNA | With 42-Down, Swahili phrase meaning "no worries" |
| OLGA | With 42-Down, noted 1970s Olympian |
| PEEWEE | With 42-Down, Hall-of-Fame Dodgers shortstop |
| ONCE | With 42-Down, quick inspection |
