| SUPERBOWLLIV | Big game on February 2, 2020 ... or a hint to what's added to the starred answers |
| ZEN | "Your Moment of ___," and a hint to what's added to the starred answers |
| CANDY | Valentine's Day gift, and a literal hint to what's added to this puzzle's theme answers |
| THEFOURTHOFJULY | Time for barbecuing, and a cryptic hint to what's added twice to the theme answers |
| SPLASH | Give prominence to what's added to drink (6) |
| MUSCLINGIN | Imposing oneself, or a hint to the gym slang added to the starred answers |
| ANOTHERDIMENSION | What a sci-fi portal might lead to ... or what's added successively to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| RANDR | Vacation, briefly ... or the letters added to the starred answers |
| COMPASS | Device hinting at the directions that were added to the starred clues' answers |
| TESTATOR | One who makes a will has a big game on a hill (8) |
| WINTERSOUP | Dish that might be served with a ladle in January or February: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first word of this answer is a season, and the second is a food that might contain broth) |
| REFUSE | Don't accept what's added to the tip (6) |
| ANTE | What's added to the pot, brewing tea around noon (4) |
| LCDTV | Watch the big game on one in a sports bar, e.g. |
| WET | Like somebody without an umbrella, and what's added to four starred answers |
| DRY | Like somebody under an umbrella, and what's added to four starred answers |
| CANDLEMAS | Festival of the Christian church on February 2 (9) |
| CALORIES | What's been added to the starred answers |
| SAFARI | Big game on this trip, if as a right ungainly one? (6) |
| AIR | What's added to a tire that's a little flat |
