| ROTTENTOTHECORE | Truly wicked, like the starred answers? |
| SATANIC | Ian acts unnaturally - wicked like Auld Nick (7) |
| EVIL | Truly wicked |
| SHAPESHIFT | Transform like awerewolf, or a hint to the starred answers and the grid art along the upper left-to-lower right diagonal |
| SILENT | Like the letters omitted from the starred answers (collected here) |
| ONBROADWAY | 1963 hit for the Drifters ... or where you can see the ends of the starred answers |
| LOWRIDERS | Cars close to the ground, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| WHOSTHERE | Response to the sounds at the ends of the starred answers |
| WHESTHERE | Response to the sounds at the ends of the starred answers |
| ITGOESUPANDDOWN | How life is like the ocean, or a hint to entering the starred answers |
| IPHONE | Device used with the actions at the ends of the starred answers |
| DAYANDNIGHT | All the time, as well as a hint to the abbreviations hidden in the starred answers |
| CAROL | "Deck the Halls," for one ... or a hint to the first two letters of each word in the starred answers |
| HOME | Source of the "package" that traverses the grid via the starred answers |
| PUTONESFOOTINIT | Say the wrong thing, or what to do with the first words of the starred answers |
| LATIN | Like the alphabet in Vatican City ... or each letter in the starred answers |
| GREEK | Like the alphabet in Athens ... or each letter in the starred answers |
| MARCH | Surname of the Alcott characters at the starred answers' starts, or 2020 month in which women made all the Universal Crosswords |
| WATCHWORDS | Guiding principles, and the ends of the starred answers |
| HAIREXTENSIONS | Weaves, or what the starts of the starred answers are, in a way |
