| STACKED | Arranged like the 68-Acrosses in the answers to starred clues are designed to be |
| UNCLOSE | No clues are designed to be open (7) |
| BILLIARDS | Game that starts with balls arranged like the O's in this puzzle |
| ROE | 41-Acrosses in the |
| WHEREITSAT | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| NOTES | They're graphically represented three times in this grid ... and the answers to starred clues are th |
| SANS | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| HANDSDOWN | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| INGRAINED | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| TREBLECLEF | The first words of the answers to starred clues are a mnemonic for this musical symbol's staff lines |
| PENNAMES | What the answers to starred clues are, in different ways |
| AUTOMATES | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| DOUBLEDATES | Two-couple outings ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| WOODYALLENFILMS | What the answers to starred clues are (their creator turned 85 this month) |
| REARENDED | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| ABANDON | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| CROSSREFERENCES | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| CARS | What the answers to starred clues are part of |
| WINTERENDS | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| CHONKS | *Big, round housecats (answers to starred clues are new words added to Collins Official, for international non-US play as of 1/1/25) |
