| YOUVEGOTAPOINT | "That's fair to say," and a clue to the starts of 20-, 32- and 45-Across |
| EXERCISEYOURRIGHT | Vote, say, and a clue to one side of the asterisked answers |
| LINCOLNCENTER | Home of the Metropolitan Opera ... and a hint to the "honest" guy hiding in 20-, 32- and 45-Across |
| ONEANDALL | Everybody, or what can be found inside 20-, 32- and 45-Across |
| REASONABLE | Fair to say nobles are a problem (10) |
| SOSO | It's only fair to say it is thus repeated (2-2) |
| HERESTHEKICKER | Lead-in to a surprising twist ... or a hint to 16-, 22-, 32- and 45-Across |
| MEANNESS | It's not fair to say girl is in trouble (8) |
| JOESIXPACK | Average guy. and a clue to the starts of college try, camel pose, and cool ranch. |
| SPEAKUP | "Louder!"...and a clue to the starts of four Down answers |
| ALTERED | Turned inside out, say ... and a synonym of the word spelled by the circled letters which, when moved to the outside, create the double-starred answers |
| ASKFORIT | Ignore warnings, say ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| GODOWNSWINGING | Fight to the bitter end ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 32- and 40 Across |
| HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| SOUNDSGREATTOME | "I'm on board!," and a phonetic hint to the collective starts of 20-, 32- and 39-Across |
| RNR | Short form of the puzzle's title, and a clue to the starred answers |
| VOLUNTEERS | Athletes at one SEC University; the first sounds of the starred entries provide a clue to the state |
| DROPLEAF | Description of an item of foliage falling in autumn, say, and a table where the sides lower down! (4-4) |
| DRIFTWOOD | Beach debris, or a clue to the word that moves through 17-, 25-, 35- and 47- Across |
| MORN | Poetic time of day ... and a clue to the circled square in this row |
