| POSITIVE | Word (suggested by the black shape in this grid's center) that can precede the answers to starred cl |
| SHOOT | Word suggested by the three fill-in-the-blank clues in this puzzle |
| COMPASS | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| TANGERINE | Take note of annoyance going into the middle. That can bear fruit (9) |
| TOWN | Time to have a centre that can cater for many people (4) |
| INVENTIONS | Legacy of 72-Down, seven of which appear among this puzzle's answers and one more suggested by the black squares in the middle of the grid |
| GREEN | Appropriate way to go today, which can precede the answers to starred clues |
| KEEPINTOUCH | Parting words suggested by all or part of the answers to starred clues |
| HIT | With 42-Down, words that can precede the answers to starred clues |
| MIDDLEEAR | Site of the hammer, anvil and stirrup ... and a hint to the hidden word in the answers to starred cl |
| BEONTHEBALL | Demonstrate effectiveness, and a literal hint to the puzzle theme found in the answers to starred cl |
| BCS | Recently retired NCAA football ranking system, and, as a plural, a hint to the answers to starred cl |
| WAIT | Bide one's time, and a word that may precede the answers to starred clues |
| TOPS | With the giant letter formed by the black squares immediately above this answer, what the answers to the starred clues all literally have |
| SPIN | With the circled word in the grids center, what each circled word is? |
| CORNWALL | With areas belonging to one of the Prince of Wales' two duchies, a region in the South West identified by the black and white Saint Piran's Flag (8) |
| YWCA | Rec. center that wouldn't have made sense for the Village People to sing about |
| KYOTO | City in central Japan; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan. (5) |
| SUTTERSMALL | Historic shopping center that was the first to be called "a gold mine for investors"? |
| OLDDEAR | Hold saddest part in the middle that describes elderly woman in a patronising way |
