| PASSERBYSCOMMENT | With 38 and 52 Across, the intro to an observation |
| NITRO | Rewrite the intro to an Express cartridge (5) |
| SUREIS | Informal agreement to an observation |
| THETIMES | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred cl |
| OBOE | Instrument in the intro to the Carpenters' "For All We Know" |
| ATWO | Part of the intro to a piece of "Champagne Music" |
| SOB | Keen bass follows the intro to Summer Love |
| PEDALSTEELGUITAR | Stringed instrument played by Jerry Garcia in the intro to CSNY's "Teach Your Children" |
| RAISE | "___ your hand if . . ." (intro to an icebreaker activity) |
| BTW | Texter's intro to an aside |
| ATEAM | "Crack commando unit," according to the intro |
| BLAD | Flyer for promotion is terrible, filled with lapses at the intro (4) |
| ICANTLIE | Intro to an unvarnished opinion |
| EMCEE | Host KrisKross returns to make an observation to the audience (5) |
| ARCHIVE | Records military music - Knut's missing the intro! |
| REEK | Hum Callas, say, minus the intro |
| THATSALL | With 63-Across, "The end" ... or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across |
| GOTMILK | Ad campaign featuring white mustaches, and a hint to the starts of the answers to 18-, 26-, 38-, and 52-Across |
| CITE | Summon to appear and make an observation, we hear (4) |
| REMARK | Assess the schoolboy's work again and make an observation (6) |
