| BEQUIET | "Shh!" (and a hint to the feature shared by the answers to starred clues) |
| TOPOGRAPHICAL | Relating to the features of an area |
| TRUNKS | The common connection shared by the answers to the asterisked clues |
| SMILE | Expression shared by the answers to starred clues |
| TRIPLE | With 39-Across, impressive basketball feat ... or a feature shared by the answers to the six starred clues |
| ARROW | Feature shared by the emojis 💘 and 🹠|
| ONENAME | Feature shared by the women vocalists concealed in 17-, 29-, 45- and 59-Across |
| THEWALLSHAVEEARS | "Be careful what you say," and a hint to a feature shared by this puzzle's perimeter answers |
| BIGEASY | Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares |
| EASTENDERS | Popular soap, or a feature shared by answers to asterisked clues (10) |
| WARANDPEACE | Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred |
| SUNRISESUNSET | Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starre |
| GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |
| OTHELLO | Disc-flipping board game hinted at by a word ladder formed by the answers to the nine starred clues |
| ZAMBONI | Machine waiting to enter the middle of this grid, as suggested by the answers to the starred clues |
| TOPHATS | Items sported by the answers to the starred clues ... and something depicted in this puzzle in more |
| FIRELANES | No-parking areas, four of which are formed, in a way, by the answers to the starred clues |
| KEEPMEPOSTED | "I want to stay informed!," or what might be said by the answers to the starred clues? |
| FEATHER | Element of plumage ... and a feature shared by every answer crossing this one |
| WORD | Kind of ladder exemplified by the answers to the seven starred clues |
