| ITSOK | "No worries" (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) |
| ITSON | "This means war!" (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) |
| ITSUP | "The kick's in the air ..." (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) |
| ITSME | "I'm here" (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) |
| FRETSAW | Worries and a lot of fear with this sharp blade |
| THATHURTS | Pained expression, and a hint to two cries hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| PSANDQS | Good behavior ... or a hint to two lines of letters in this puzzle |
| IMBACKINTHEGAME | Remark after overcoming a setback, and a hint to two letters of each starred answer |
| NAMECHANGE | What the 10 starred answers in this puzzle have undergone, and what's spelled out by their first letters when you unscramble their first words |
| IMWITHHER | Folk trio whose name predates 2016, or a hint to two words contained in each starred clue's answer |
| OVERTHETOP | Wildly exaggerated, or a hint to two words that can precede each starred answer's start |
| LOOKMANOHANDS | Cry while doing a stunt ... or a hint to 2-, 7- and 12- |
| TWINSIES | "OMG, we have the same outfit!" ... and a phonetic hint to two pairs of letters in this puzzle |
| INLALALAND | Where to find a space cadet, or the starred answers in today's puzzle |
| STINGY | Penny-pinching ... or a three-part hint to two outer and two inner letters of each starred clue's answer |
| R2D2 | "Star Wars" droid whose alphanumeric name is represented in the starred answers in the bottom half of this puzzle |
| C3PO | "Star Wars" droid whose alphanumeric name is represented in the starred answers in the top half of this puzzle |
| CARES | Worries, and word anagrammed in part of four puzzle answers |
| RODSTEWART | Singer rated worst, two-starred, and rotter with wads to splash around (3,7) |
| BLUE | 1996 LeAnn Rimes song, and what can precede the starred answers in song titles |
