| FILMADAPTATIONS | Novel forms for novels, and a clue to the word scrambled within each starred answer |
| KEYCHANGE | A to B, for one ... or a hint to the word scrambled within each starred clue's answer |
| PROTEINSHAKE | Healthy drink, and a hint to the word scrambled within each starred clue's answer |
| SQUEEZEPLAY | Dramatic baseball maneuver, or what you can do within each starred answer to form two words/phrases? |
| DRIFTWOOD | Beach debris, or a clue to the word that moves through 17-, 25-, 35- and 47- Across |
| KNOCKOUTGAS | Incapacitating agent of pulp detective and scifi novels ... and a hint to solving this puzzle's starred clues |
| SAGAS | Novel forms |
| RECYCLINGCENTER | Destination for bottles and cans, and a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| SECONDSHIFT | Afternoon-to-evening work period, typically ... and a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| BADROMANCE | 2009 hit with the lyric "I want your love," or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| STIRDEBATE | Engender public controversy, or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| SPINDOCTOR | Crafty press agent, or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| YOUDOYOU | Encouragement of individuality ... or a hint to a letter, a word and another letter within each starred clue's answer |
| ITENDSWITHUS | Colleen Hoover novel, and a hint for the answer to each asterisked clue * (12) |
| WRITTENINSTONE | Unchangeable ... and like one word within each starred clue that's been obscured |
| NOTWOAREALIKE | Description of snowflakes ... and the letters within each of the answers to the starred clues |
| GENDERFLUID | Not conforming to male or female stereotypes, and a hint to the word scrambled within 17-, 27- and 44- Across |
| FIDGETSPINNER | Twirling fad toy, and a hint to the word scrambled within 19-, 25- and 43-Across |
| LEIGHTONMEESTER | *She played Blair Waldorf on "Gossip Girl" (Theme hint: Notice three letters within each starred clue's answer) |
| MIXEDREACTION | Variety of responses, or a hint to the word scrambled within 20-, 28- and 47-Across |
