| PAININTHEBEHIND | Annoyance ... and a hint to how 17-, 26- and 44-Across are formed? |
| GATECHANGE | Airport annoyance, and a literal hint to the answers to starred clues |
| IXNAY | Slangy turndown, and a hint to how 17-, 22-, 32-, 47- and 51-Across are formed |
| ADDALITTLEPUNCH | Liven up, with "to" (and a hint to how 17-, 27- and 44-Across were created) |
| DISH | Rhyme runaway, and how this puzzle's theme answers are formed? |
| ETYMA | Given here in the plural, what is the primary linguistic form from which derivatives are formed? (5) |
| ICETRAY | Where rocks are formed? |
| IFIWEREYOU | Lead-in to a bit of advice, and a hint as to how 17-, 24-, 37- and 45-Across might arise |
| EXTRAMAYO | Sandwich request, and a literal hint to how the answers at 19-, 27-, 46- and 54-Across are formed |
| OUTDAMNEDSPOT | Shakespearean cry that hints at how 17-, 25-, 48and 56-Across are formed |
| CORPORATEMERGER | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| OUT | Deceive... or a hint to how the spellings of the starred clues' answers were formed? |
| FAKE | Deceive... or a hint to how the spellings of the starred clues' answers were formed? |
| PUNCHLINES | What 17-, 26- and 44-Across are, figuratively and literally |
| AAS | Smallish batteries, and a hint to how the answers to starred clues are formed |
| PUTONTHEDL | Sidelined by injury, in baseball lingo, and a hint to how this puzzle's theme puns are formed |
| NOSAINT | Hardly a model of perfection, and a hint to how this puzzle's theme puns are derived |
| QUIETCAR | Place for Amtrak passengers to unwind ... and a hint to how to interpret eight puzzle answers |
| OHYOU | Words to a kidder, and a hint to how this puzzle's five longest answers were created |
| ETTU | Words of reproach, and a hint to how the four longest puzzle answers are formed |
