| ITSASTART | "We've made some progress," and what one might say about the answer to each starred clue |
| ITSADELIGHT | "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues |
| ITTAKESALLSORTS | What one might say about sweet jar that seems sensible to some people (2,5,3,5) |
| GETTINGONABIT | Making some progress and nearly past it (7,2,1,3) |
| YELP | A cry of "yes", as one might say, about money (4) |
| IDONTBELIEVEIT | "That's not true!" ... or what you might say about the end of each starred clue's answer? |
| THATSSOLAME | "What a dumb idea!" (or what you might say about the beginning of 17-, 31- or 47-Across) |
| THEYREDRAWN | What you can say about sketches, and about the answers to the starred clues |
| THATSRICH | "You're one to talk!," or what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| THATSANORDER | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| THATSALLBEHINDMENOW | "I've moved on" ... or what you might say about each phrase I changed to make a starred answer after moving a two-letter word to the front |
| OHMAN | What one might say after figuring out what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| WHEREISTHELIE | "You can't deny it," and a good question about the answers to the starred clues |
| MAKEAMEALOF | Perform with unnecessary effort, and what one might do with the ends of answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| WHOA | What one might say to a horse that has bolted in the wrong direction? (4) |
| MERRYBIRTHDAY | WHAT ONE MIGHT SAY TO ANY OF THE THEMED FOLKS THIS MONTH (two words) |
| PILGRIM | Bunyan made some progress with this one (7) |
| IMDB | Website listing film appearances-or what each of these actors might say about themselves, given their initials |
| SEEYOUCOPPER | What one might say if pennies started being made of only zinc? |
| SIGHTSEER | Vision, and what one might do with it, are right for a tourist |
