| INJEOPARDY | At risk ... or where one might hear the clue-and-answer pairs at 17-, 23-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across? |
| LONGANDSHORTOFIT | General idea ... or a hint to the clue/answer pairings at 14-, 29-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across |
| KENYA | Clue and answer about North African country (5) |
| COOKIE | What the black squares between each starred-clue answer pair are a "cutter" for |
| OAHU | Where one might hear the song "Aloha Oe" |
| POKERNIGHT | Evening when one hopes to get a good deal, and when one might hear the starts of 18-, 23-, 37-, and 47-Across |
| NOTEBOOK | PC - or where one might record a crime? |
| GRAVE | Sombre, or where one might feel this way |
| EFFECTS | They've got the clues and you need the answer (7) |
| IMPERIL | To put at risk or endanger (7) |
| ENDANGER | Put at risk or restore goodwill? (8) |
| MAYOCLINIC | Minnesota medical center, or where one might learn how to prepare 17-, 28-, 36-, and 43-Across? |
| THEMONTHOFMARCH | Period described by the clues and answers to 1- and 72-Across (which are the start and end of a word ladder formed by the answers to the 10 asterisked clues) |
| TONGUETWISTERS | The theme of this puzzle, as exhibited by the clues and answers for 19-, 25- and 45-Across |
| BACKBURNER | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| SPA | Where one might hear oohs and aahs |
| BOWLINGALLEY | Basin in the kitchen where one might hear pins drop (7,5) |
| STAN | Persian and Urdu word meaning 'place of' or 'where one stands', used in the name of many Asian countries (4) |
| OPERATION | Where one might hear music transformed into action (9) |
| BOWLINGALLEYS | Where one might hear pins drop? (7,6) |
