| CROSSDRESSING | "Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times? |
| TORNADO | "Wizard of Oz" plot device, or a reason for a performance? |
| KISMET | Which Edward Knoblock Arabian Nights play has been made into a film five times? (6) |
| RAISETHEBAR | Set higher standards, and what you must do five times in this puzzle |
| PRAY | What many Muslims do five times each day |
| WINTERARC | Season-long alternative to a New Year's resolution, or what the letters in the shaded squares represent? |
| DRAKE | Nick who did "Five Leaves Left" |
| STRAIGHTEDGES | Rulers, e.g. ... or what the letters in 3-, 7-, 27- and 34-Down all have |
| SLANT | What the letters in this clue do |
| MAKEMONEY | Turn a profit ... or what it sounds like the first two words of the starred clues' answers do? |
| SANDTRAPS | Golf hazards, or what the letters between the circles have fallen into |
| TWISTMYARM | Ironic way of saying "You don't have to tell me twice!" ... or what the starred clues' answers do? |
| MONSTERSINC | Pixar film set in a scream-powered city (Note the last three letters in this clue's answer + ...) |
| CUTOUTOFWHOLECLOTH | Completely false, or what the letters between the circles are? |
| CUTTHESMALLTALK | Get down to business, or what the starred clues' answers do? |
| UNBREAKMYHEART | 1996 Toni Braxton hit, and what the starred clues' answers do collectively? |
| BREAKINGGROUND | Starting a project ... and what the letters between the starting and ending pairs of letters in each starred answer are doing? |
| FORK | What the letters added to the four "stirred" words in this puzzle spell |
| AMBIDEXTROUS | Using both sides with equal frequency (like the letters in this puzzle's answer grid?) |
| LOWERCASE | like the letters in this hint (EXCEPT FOR THESE IN PARENTHESES): 2 wds. |
