| MAKEMINEADOUBLE | Bar request ... or hint to the letters in the circles |
| ROLLTHEDICE | Take a chance ... or a hint to the letters in the circled squares |
| DOUBLEORNOTHING | Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| AWRINKLEINTIME | Classic young adult novel ... or hint to the path taken by four letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| THREEINAROW | Tic-tac-toe win ... or hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| MINDYOURPSANDQS | "Behave!," or a hint to the letter changes needed to understand the starred clues |
| ICBM | Shot off like a rocket, it can bomb mankind to the letter, in short order! (4) |
| SEASONOPENER | Game with plenty of hoopla, or hint to the start of 20-, 32-, and 43-Across |
| KIMBER | The first Great British Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid Bake-Off winner, Edd _ (6) |
| CHET | Shameless acting son of Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson (4) |
| WESSEX | She has been on Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid a Caribbean tour with her husband Prince Edward (6,6) |
| ITSASECRET | "Keep this between us" ... or hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| PRECHECK | Boarding pass designation, or hint to either word in each starred entry |
| KNIVESOUT | 2019 Rian Johnson whodunit film, or hint to solving the starred clues |
| FOOLAROUND | Engage in some horseplay ... or a hint to the words spelled out in the circles |
| ADROPINTHEOCEAN | Insignificant amount ... or hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| DOUBLEHEADER | Ballpark marathon, or hint to what can precede both parts of each starred answer |
| UPATREE | Cornered ... or hint to this puzzle's circled squares |
| REVOLVINGDOOR | Entrance of a sort, and a hint to the progression in the circles |
| YOUCOMPLETEME | Something you might say to your darling ... or to the letters D-A-R-L-I-N-G in this puzzle |
