| POPUPAD | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |
| COUP | Overthrow, or, if reparsed, a hint to making sense of four pairs of Across answers |
| SPAM | World web clutter |
| INCOLDBLOOD | 1966 book by Truman Capote based on the murders of Herbert Clutter and his family |
| ATTIC | Space for clutter and cobwebs |
| JUNK | Flat-bottomed boat, clutter & heroin (4) |
| FLOWER | Garden sight, and, if reparsed, a hint to making sense of 10 answers in this puzzle |
| IRONCLAD | Unbreakable, and a hint to making sense of seven answers in this puzzle |
| CIRCLESBACK | Brings up a prior topic ... or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| PRAISE | Express approval of, and, if reparsed, a hint to making sense of five pairs of answers |
| TEEUP | Prepare to drive, and a hint to making sense of six pairs of Across answers |
| NOISECANCELLING | Like some headphones and a hint to making sense of the answers to the starred clues |
| RINGSIDE | Choice seating at a boxing match, and a hint to making sense of the peripheral answers |
| NOWIN | Kind of situation, and a hint to making sense of the starred answers |
| RAINOUT | Ballpark bummer, and a hint to making sense of the starred answers |
| TAKEITAWAY | "Let the show begin," and a hint to making sense of the starred clues' answers |
| DIGITALDIVIDE | It separates those with access to technology and those without, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| XMARKSTHESPOT | Treasure map phrase, or a hint to making sense of the starred clues' answers |
| ANDCUT | Director's call, plus a hint to making sense of eight Across answers |
| PIGOUT | Ingurgitate, and a hint to making sense of the starred clues |
