| KEEPITONTHEDL | Treat news discreetly ... and, literally, what you do six times when solving this puzzle |
| THEOUTERLIMITS | TV show whose working title was "Please Stand By" (and what you'll have to cross 18 times when solving this puzzle) |
| OVERRUN | What the invaders do: six balls and a single score (7) |
| ITS | With 4-Across, "No worries" (or, literally, what you might say about 1-Down) |
| CAVIL | Make trifling objections, as do six in California (5) |
| INLALALAND | Where one is when solving this puzzle? |
| MIXEDEMOTIONS | Apt things to feel when solving this puzzle? |
| EEE | Apt shoe width to wear when solving this puzzle? |
| HEWN | Chopped and changed when solving this clue (4) |
| ACROSS | The way to go when solving this type of clue (6) |
| DARKEN | You won't make light of things if you do (6) |
| PUTYOURMAYANTOIT | Solving this puzzle is easy if you just ... do what? |
| FRIDAY | When you're likely solving this puzzle, and a phonetic hint to the starred answers' starts |
| BEATLEMANIA | 1960s rock frenzy ... or when sounded out another way, what you might feel while solving this puzzle? |
| PTAMEETING | After-school event ... and, literally, what takes place at this puzzle's circles |
| TWISTOFFATE | Ironic change in destiny ... and, literally, what happens in this puzzle's circles |
| CROSSWORDS | Cruciverbal creations ... and literally, what this puzzle's theme answers contain |
| CHIPSAHOY | Nabisco cookies ... and what you might cry upon solving this puzzle's three other longest answers? |
| SNEEZE | You will be blessed if you do (6) |
| MERGELEFT | What you might have to do for some highway construction ... or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
