| DONTHAVEACOW | "Relax!"...or a advice to a solver who can't figure out what's hidden in each starred clue's answer |
| FATHOMLESS | Can't figure out what's below, as it knows no bounds (10) |
| BAYOU | US outlet supplies book to a solver |
| OGLE | Check out what's hidden by dogleg (4) |
| WHOMOVEDMY | Business fable with two mice...or a hint to a word hidden in each starred answer |
| BIRDSDOIT | Lyric in a Porter song that ends "Let's fall in love," and a hint to the starts of the starred answe |
| BIGSHOESTOFILL | What a successor may have, and a hint to three letters hidden in each starred answer |
| SECRETSAUCE | Ingredient for success, or what's hidden in each starred answer |
| ROUGHHOUSE | Rowdy play, and what's hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| EXPERIENCEPOINT | *Gaming term whose two-letter abbreviation is hidden in each starred answer (find all five examples to master this puzzle!) |
| BEFORETIMES | Pre-apocalyptic period in some sci-fi stories ... or a phonetic hint to what's found in each starred clue's answer? |
| WILLFERRELL | In 2003's Elf, this actor's character holds up the escalator line at Macy's since he can't figure out how to ride it |
| LATIFAH | Queen whose name contains three apt words in a row, as does each of this puzzle's four longest answe |
| ONETWOCOMBOS | Multipart boxing moves, or a hint to three vowels in each starred clue's answer |
| IMWITHHER | Folk trio whose name predates 2016, or a hint to two words contained in each starred clue's answer |
| BADROMANCE | 2009 hit with the lyric "I want your love," or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| STIRDEBATE | Engender public controversy, or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| ROLLWITHIT | Quickly adapt ... or a hint to the first 3-5 letters + 2 other letters in each starred clue's answer |
| SPINDOCTOR | Crafty press agent, or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| SEEYOUAGAIN | Furious 7 song, or a phonetic hint to the second of two letter pairs in each starred clue's answer |
