| BALLRETURN | Bowling alley device, and a hint to the hidden word in each starred answer |
| HIDDENMIKE | Covert listening device, and a hint to the circled letters |
| PINSETTER | Bowling alley device |
| FUELGAUGE | Dashboard device, and a hint to the starts of 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across |
| TURNTABLES | DJs' devices ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| SPIT | Which word means both a roasting device and a narrow strip of land sticking out into the sea? (4) |
| MIDDLEEAR | Site of the hammer, anvil and stirrup ... and a hint to the hidden word in the answers to starred cl |
| COLDHEARTED | Unemotional, and a hint to the hidden word in the answers to starred clues |
| IDESOFMARCH | Today, to Caesar-and a hint to the hidden word appearing in this puzzle 15 times (including the one in this answer) |
| THISANDTHAT | Miscellany, and a hint to the hidden words in the starred answers |
| RAILSPLITTER | Abraham Lincoln nickname, and a hint to a hidden word in each answer to a starred clue |
| TIMESPANS | Millenniums, for instance ... or a hint to the hidden words in 17-, 31- and 44- Across |
| SPY | Mole; and the hidden word in each of the five longest answers |
| FILMINDUSTRY | *Movie business (note a hidden word in each starred pair's top answer) |
| POWHATAN | Father of Pocahontas (and example of the hidden word in the theme answers--this one just happens to be consecutive) |
| HERECOMESTHESUN | Beatles song, and a hint to the hidden word in 17-, 27- and 44-Across |
| LOVEISALLAROUND | 1968 Troggs Top 10 hit, and a hint to the hidden puzzle theme in the answers to starred clues |
| PERIMETERPLAY | Ball-handling and outside shooting skills in basketball, and a description of a hidden word in this puzzle |
| KING | Type of leader, and a word that could precede the last word in each starred answer |
| HERDMENTALITY | Pressure to conform, and a hint to the hidden word found in 20-, 27- and 51-Across |
