| OPENHOUSE | Big event for a Realtor, or what each word in the starred answers can do |
| LETOFFSTEAM | Release pent-up emotions, or what the starred answers can do |
| TAKEASEAT | Relax, and what the starts of the starred answers can do |
| CAROL | "Deck the Halls," for one ... or a hint to the first two letters of each word in the starred answers |
| BLACKMONDAY | 1987 market crash, and this puzzle's title, whose first word can precede each word in the starred an |
| BUILDABEAR | Customizable toy franchise, and what a part of each starred answer can do |
| ONEND | Without a break ... or what each word in 18-, 28-, 46- and 62-Across has |
| HOMEOPENER | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| GETHAPPY | Song sung by Judy Garland in "Summer Stock," and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do |
| BLUE | Navy, e.g., or what the starred answers can be, in various ways |
| RINGLEADERS | Crime bosses, or what the first words of the starred answers can be |
| RUNNINGMATE | Candidate's choice, or what both halves of the starred answers can be |
| LOOSEENDS | Fraying result, and what the second parts of the starred answers can be |
| AFTERDARK | *When night owls thrive, or where the last words of the starred answers can go |
| AFTERSHOCK | Tremor following a quake, and where the last words of the starred answers can be found |
| GETBENT | Bart Simpson catchphrase, and what the last words of the starred clues' answers can do |
| FOLLOWUP | Investigate further, and what the starts of the starred clues' answers can do? |
| POWERPLAY | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| MATE | Aussie pal, or what can follow each word in the answers to starred clues |
| CENTERPIECE | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
