| HELLONEWMAN | "Seinfeld" catchphrase ... or, when parsed as three words, how a participant of 17-, 30- or 47-Across might be greeted? |
| STOP | "Enough with the lame puns already!" (and, when parsed as three words, a hint to the theme answers) |
| INANE | Foolish ... or, when read as three words, how this puzzle's other four "foolish" answers are arranged |
| PARTAKINGIN | Being a participant of |
| ASYMMETRY | Unusual feature of this puzzle ... or, when parsed as two words (1,8), another unusual feature of this puzzle |
| ASTARISBORN | Thrice-remade movie ... or, when parsed as six words, a hint to the theme clues in this puzzle |
| AREYOUOKAY | Question when checking on a friend ... or a hint to two pairs of letters in 17-, 30- or 43-Across |
| APPENDS | Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have? |
| DAILYDOUBLE | "Jeopardy!" feature ... and what 17-, 30-, or 37-Across is? |
| CHILDPROOF | When parsed as one word, adjective describing cabinets that young family members can't open: 2 wds. for the sake of the theme (Theme answer: This existing word is reinterpreted as a two-word phrase me |
| LETTERDROP | Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| WORDCHOICE | Author's concern that, when parsed as four parts, provides a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| SANDBOX | Where a kid might build a castle ... or when parsed differently, a hint to the starred clues' answers |
| SPREADTHEWEALTH | Redistributionist's catchphrase ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters |
| COMEONDOWN | "The Price Is Right" catchphrase, or a hint to the meaning and direction of each starred clue's answer |
| YADAS | The three words of a "Seinfeld" catchphrase |
| LIPPSINC | Tar Heel St. city named for a part of the mouth with a trident-shaped Greek letter written on it? ... or, when parsed differently, the band with the No. 1 hit spelled out in the circled squares |
| WORDSQUARE | Classic letter puzzle - or, when parsed differently, a hint to three Down answers in this puzzle |
| WORKSWITHOUTANET | Has no plan B ... or, when parsed differently, what each of the starred clues does vis-a-vis its answer? |
| FIVERS | Fins, or when parsed differently, a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
