| BIOGRAPHICAL | Giving the story of, or based on, a person's life (12) |
| APHETA | The planet that has the most influence on a person's life: astrology |
| OCTAL | Of, or based on, the number eight (5) |
| METRIC | Of or based on the metre (6) |
| HEROSANDWICH | Deli lunch ... or, based on a word hidden in 20-, 34- and 41-Across, what each of those answers is? |
| LOOKISM | A prejudice or form of discrimination based on a person's appearance (7) |
| PAPERCARRIERS | Morning news deliverers ... or based on a hidden word in each, what 20-, 27- and 43-Across are? |
| INKBLOT | - - test; form of psychoanalysis devised by Hermann Rorschach based on a person's perception of a se |
| HOROSCOPE | Prediction of events based on a person's birth date (9) |
| EXPERIENTIAL | Involving or based on practical contact and observation (12) |
| CHAPTER | From "caput", meaning "head", a titled division of a book or other written work; a distinctive period in history or in a person's life; or, a series of events forming an episode (7) |
| MONK | A bullfinch; an inkblot; or, based on "alone, solitary", a coenobite or gyrovague to whose cowl or hood an aconite/wolfsbane flower is likened (4) |
| ACCOLADE | A touch on a person's shoulders with the flat of a sword at the bestowing of a knighthood (8) |
| DUODENARY | Relating to or based on the number 12 (9) |
| GEEWHIZ | "Gosh!" (or, based on the starts of starred answers, one who is expert at solving this puzzle's them |
| CATCHPHRASE | Familiar slogan ... or, based on its last word,what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| THEME | ____ park, an area with fairground rides and the like, devoted to or based on one subject (5) |
| MYTHICAL | Imaginary or based on folk tales (8) |
| BLOT | A stain made by ink, paint etc; or, by extension, a blemish on a person's character or reputation (4) |
| DECIMAL | Numbered or based on 10 (7) |
