| DOUBLEORNOTHING | Followup wager depicted in the starred clues' answers? |
| ERRORS | Evidence of dropping the ball, as found in the starred clues and in 12 crossings in this puzzle |
| ALLOVERTHEPLACE | *Wildly disorganized (Note: The title hints at the expanding word hidden in the starred clues' answers) |
| UNITEDSTATES | Country that will host the 2028 Olympics . . . and a collective description of the letter pair abbreviations in the starred clues' answers |
| HOMECOOKING | Food made in one's own kitchen ... or what the ingredients in the starred clues' answers could be used for, fittingly? |
| MIDNINETIES | When the internet exploded in popularity ... or what ancient Romans might see in the starred clues' answers |
| OUTOFORDERSIGNS | Indications of disrepair, or the zodiacal scrambles in the starred clues' answers? |
| ONE | Chart position reached by all the albums seen in the starred clues in this puzzle |
| FOUROFAKIND | Powerful hand, and what's spelled out by the most frequently occurring letters in the starred clues' answers |
| FOURSEASONS | Luxury hotel chain, and a hint to the phonetic "changes" in the starred clues' answers |
| FALLINGSTAR | Meteor, and a hint to the word that descends in the starred clues' answers ... and this puzzle's grid |
| MATTEROFCOURSE | Natural outcome, and something the people in the starred clues' answers attend to |
| NONCONFORMIST | One whose behavior differs from the usual, or any of the fantasy creatures in the starred clues? |
| USTOO | "We also want in!" ... and a phonetic hint to what's found in the starred clues' answers |
| GETLOST | "Scram!" ... and what the last words in the starred clues' answers often do |
| PUTALIDONIT | "Stop complaining!" ... and a hint to the words hidden in the starred clues' answers |
| FINALGIRL | Archetypical last survivor in a horror film ... as seen in the starred clues' answers |
| BREAKINGBAD | Hit AMC crime drama starring Bryan Cranston ... and what the words in the starred clues' answers are doing, literally? |
| INNERPLANETS | Terrestrial bodies closest to the sun ... or what you'll find in the starred clues' answers |
| SOCIALCLIMBER | Aspiring VIP ... or any of the critters hidden in the starred clues' answers |
