| YOUYOUYOU | *Whom "I'm in love with" in an Ames Brothers song, and a hint to what the answers to starred clues c |
| METWO | Hint to what the answers to the four starred clues have in common |
| ALEX | "'Crossword Clues C' for 200, ___" |
| TRADINGPLACES | Classic 1983 comedy ... or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| RAGG | Lyrics to Ames Brothers song: "___, M O P P" |
| IWANNALOVEYOU | Ames Brothers song |
| ISAW | With 4-Down, 1956 Ames Brothers song |
| RADIOEDIT | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| ATLAST | Etta James song, and a hint to the final letters in both words of the starred clues' answers |
| FALLBEHIND | Lag, and a hint to what the starts of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| CASHUPFRONT | Seller's assurance of payment, and a hint to what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have in common |
| TAILEND | Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| CAR | I'm In Love With My ___ 1975 song by Queen which is a part of the album A Night at the Opera |
| AMORE | I'm in love with a thing — with love, in fact |
| LASTDANCE | Oscar- winning Donna Summer song, and a hint to the starred answers' ends |
| ITSASIN | Pet Shop Boys song, and a hint to parts of answers to asterisked clues (7) |
| LOCO | Off one's rocker, and a hint to what the four longest puzzle answers have in common |
| BRAKEJOBS | Garage offerings, and a phonetic hint to what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 11 and 13 do |
| MIDJULY | Today, and a hint to what the longest answers (doubly) have in common |
| OLIVERTWIST | Dickens character (and a hint to what the *clue answers might have in common) |
