| TOMTOMCLUB | "Genius of Love" band, or what the answers to the starred clues are members of? |
| BACKUPSINGER | One helping in a band ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| BOYZONE | Picture D What Irish boy band was he a member of? (7) |
| SYSTEMOFADOWN | Grammy-winning metal band, or what can be found three times in this puzzle? |
| FOURHCLUB | Youth organization that 18-, 23-, 37-/39-, and 48-Across could be members of? |
| NUTSANDBOLTS | Essentials, or what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are |
| PALINDROMES | What the ends of the answers to all the starred clues are |
| BORNLOSERS | Ones fated to fail, or what the answers to the starred clues are, initially? |
| FOODCHAIN | Hierarchical system ... or what is formed when the answers to the starred clues are placed end to end |
| COMINGINHOT | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| CROSSREFERENCES | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| TEAMPLAYERS | Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of |
| PETPROJECTS | Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| SEALEDWITHAKISS | Love letter message often accompanied by a lipstick mark, and what the answers to the starred clues are, thanks to their circled letters |
| HOLDINGHANDS | Showing affection publicly, or what the answers to the starred clues are doing |
| THEHUNGERGAMES | Dystopian novel/film series ... or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| SUPERFOOD | Marketing term for nutrient-rich fare, or what the answers to the starred clues are |
| STATECAPITALS | What the answers to the starred clues are each anagrams of |
| ANIMALINSTINCTS | Inherent behaviors, or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| SEVENLETTERS | * The answers to the starred clues are all drawn from a certain set of them |
