| THINKTANK | Research institute ... or, when read as a direction, a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| KIDFRIENDLY | Suitable for the whole family, or an apt description of the first words of the answers to the starre |
| STIRFRIES | Uses a wok, or, read as a direction, a hint to the ends of 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| MANCANDO | Dying away, when used as a direction in music (8) |
| SUNRISESUNSET | Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starre |
| ATE | Word that homophonically forms a familiar word when attached to the end of the answer to each starre |
| SILENTS | Many Greta Garbo films, and what you'll find at the intersections of four pairs of answers to starre |
| PROSECUTORS | People who institute or conduct legal proceedings, especially in a criminal court (11) |
| RESTITUTION | Damages from institute, or its representation (11) |
| LETTERDROP | Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| AUTOMATES | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| VENDINGMACHINE | Dispenser of small items ... or, when read as three parts, a hint to the starred answers |
| HEART | Valentine symbol ... or, when read as two words, what you can't do when the answers to starred clues |
| SEENANDNOTHEARD | What children should be, proverbially ... or, when read as 5 parts, a hint to a letter in each starred answer |
| ECHOLOCATION | Bat's navigation process or, when read as two words, feature within the answers to 20-, 28-, and 45- |
| TENANTS | Ones paying flat rates ... or, when read as two words, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| HANDYDANDY | *Very convenient ... or, when read in six parts, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| SWERVE | An abrupt deviation or change of direction; a veer to avoid a collision; or, a curved flight of a ball (6) |
| TURN | A change of direction; a short walk; one's go or chance to make a move in a game; or, a short act (4) |
| INANE | Foolish ... or, when read as three words, how this puzzle's other four "foolish" answers are arranged |
