| JUSTADDWATER | "Instant" instructions, and how to complete this puzzle's starred clues |
| GUARD | Word needed to complete this puzzle's theme |
| UTURN | One-eighty ... or a hint to how to complete the incomplete answer at 1-Across |
| RESOLVED | Decided to complete this puzzle again by day (8) |
| NET | The invention you're using to complete this puzzle, abbrev. |
| DROPACLUE | Give a hint or make it very difficult to complete this puzzle? (4,1,4) |
| KNOCKOUTGAS | Incapacitating agent of pulp detective and scifi novels ... and a hint to solving this puzzle's starred clues |
| ALLFORONE | When read forward and then backward, motto that suggests how to interpret this puzzle's starred clues |
| NEWYEARSEVE | Occasion to shout out the ends of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues (from left to right) |
| SPINCLASSES | Intense cycling sessions ... or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| FLIP | Action you need to take to understand this puzzle's starred clues |
| FRUITLESS | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| CALENDAR | Lend a car, somehow, to complete this list of dates (8) |
| ROUND | A golfer aims to complete this set of drinks (5) |
| AANDW | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| INSIDEBET | Kind of wager in roulette, and a feature of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| PARTANIMAL | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| ROCKBOTTOM | All-time low ... or a musical hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| FIVESECONDRULE | Dubious food-eating guideline ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| TIPTOPSHAPE | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
