| RASHBLONDE | *Light-haired person who acts hastily? (note how the starred answers' added letters progress in the grid) |
| BACKUPPLAN | Alternative strategy, or a hint to the word whose letters progress in reverse through 18-, 23-, 36-, 49- and 59-Across |
| HEADLONG | Might principal have a strong desire to act hastily? |
| ATOZ | The whole nine yards, or a hint about how the starred answers are formed |
| SIMOLEONS | *One for the money? (Note how many words are in each starred clue's answer) |
| TAPIR | South American beast with a snout *Monastic updo? (note how an "R" sound moves in each starred answer) |
| SPLITENDS | Hair condition that explains how the starred answers break up? |
| FRIARPOUF | *Monastic updo? (note how an "R" sound moves in each starred answer) |
| INNAMEONLY | Titularly, or how the starred answers exist? |
| HAPPYNEWYEAR | Message spelled out by the 12 added letters in this puzzle |
| SHINGLEPLAY | *"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"? (Hint: Each starred entry has two added letters!) |
| MORE | Apt word spelled by the added letters of 17-, 28-, 45- and 60-Across |
| UGRIAN | Member of a light-haired subdivision of the Turanian people, who include the Samoyeds, Voguls, Ostyaks and Magyars |
| NOEL | Christmas season... or a phonetic hint to how the starred clues must be read in order to make sense of their answers |
| DOWNTOASCIENCE | Implementable with expertise and expert ease ... or how the starred clues' answers can be taken? |
| TURNSIGNAL | *Indicator of an economic recession? (Hint: Note how starred clues' answers are heading) |
| SLOWCOACH | Informal term for a person who acts or moves in a sluggish way (9) |
| OPERATOR | Informal term for a person who acts in a shrewd and manipulative way (8) |
| GOVERNORGENERAL | Person who acts as a representative of the monarch of New Zealand (8,7) |
| THOUGHTOUT | Despite the fact that the salesman didn't act hastily |
