| CHONKS | *Big, round housecats (answers to starred clues are new words added to Collins Official, for international non-US play as of 1/1/25) |
| TREBLECLEF | The first words of the answers to starred clues are a mnemonic for this musical symbol's staff lines |
| WHEREITSAT | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| AUTOMATES | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| NOTES | They're graphically represented three times in this grid ... and the answers to starred clues are th |
| SANS | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| WOODYALLENFILMS | What the answers to starred clues are (their creator turned 85 this month) |
| HANDSDOWN | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| INGRAINED | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| ABANDON | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| INBED | Words added to the end of cookie fortunes to make them humorous |
| DOUBLEDATES | Two-couple outings ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| CARS | What the answers to starred clues are part of |
| REARENDED | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| PENNAMES | What the answers to starred clues are, in different ways |
| WINTERENDS | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| GOD | One of two words added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 |
| PAN | Container for the word added to this puzzle's theme answers |
| CIRCUS | An ancient Roman ring for chariot races first, now a big round tent attraction for acrobats and clowns; or, an annular road in Bath or London upon which to go for a spin, rotate or do one's rounds (6) |
| MUMPS | Extra words added to uncommunicative child's complaint (5) |
