| ISLANDHOPPING | Yachter's itinerary, maybe ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues |
| BORDERLINES | Gray areas, maybe ... or a hint to 12 incomplete answers in this puzzle |
| SKIPSCHOOL | Emulate Ferris Bueller ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues |
| TURNABOUT | Fair play? ... or the key to understanding the answers to starred clues |
| PHOTOOP | Five minutes in a campaign itinerary, maybe |
| AVE | Abbr. on an itinerary, maybe |
| BOOKSAFLIGHT | Finalizes one's itinerary, maybe |
| TRASHPANDA | Humorous nickname for a raccoon ... or when parsed differently, a hint to understanding the starred clues' answers |
| STANDUPGUYS | Decent dudes, or a hint to understanding the starred clues' answers |
| TWINKILLING | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the |
| MINIGOLF | Sport with windmills, or a hint to understanding both parts of the starred clues' answers |
| FILLINTHEBLANK | Test format ... or a hint to understanding three of this puzzle's clues |
| LATESHIFT | Overnight work assignment ... or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| WALLOFSOUND | 1960s record production formula, or a hint to understanding this puzzle's edges |
| KEEPYOURHEADONASWIVEL | "Be wary!," or a hint to understanding five Down entries in this puzzle |
| SILENTMOVIE | Talkie predecessor, and a hint to understanding this puzzle's theme |
| POPUP | What an ad blocker blocks ... or a tricky hint to understanding 2- |
| REPRONUNCIATION | Key to understanding the theme of this puzzle |
| MAGNUM | Expression of satisfaction about a gun maybe - or a big bottle (6) |
| TUATARA | Gets Tau a rat maybe or a lizard from NZ (7) |
