| LOWRIDERS | Cars close to the ground, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| MARQUEE | Top brand of car's close to invincible (7) |
| SPLITTHE | With 63-Across, find a middle ground ... and a hint to what bookends each starred clue's answer |
| LEEDS | City in West Yorkshire, home to a cricket ground and a rugby stadium in its suburb Headingley (5) |
| OVAL | Egg shape reflected in a celebrated London cricket ground and a presidential office (4) |
| SEASONED | Sonnet 75: So are you to my thoughts as food to life, / Or as sweet-___ showers are to the ground. / And for the peace of you I hold such strife / And twixt a miser and his wealth is found |
| WHATSYOURBEEF | "Why do we have a problem?"... and a hint to the ends of the starred clues' answers |
| DOWNTOASCIENCE | Way to have something you've mastered, and a hint to the ends of the starred clues' answers |
| FOODGROUPS | Fruits and dairy, for example ... and a hint to the ends of the starred clues' answers? |
| TIMESHARES | Some vacation condo arrangements ... or a hint to what can follow the starts and precede the ends of the starred clues' answers |
| THEGAMBLER | 1978 Kenny Rogers hit, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| BACKROOM | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| KEYWORD | Database search option, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| AFTERPARTY | Celebration's continuation, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| DOWNTOWN | City center, and a hint to what can follow the ends of the starred answers |
| SIDENOTES | Tangential remarks ... or a hint to the starts and ends of the starred clues' answers |
| LOWLANDS | Gets close to the ground and brings plane down in relatively flat area |
| HOOVES | Their ___ become sponge like in summer to give them more traction on the ground and in winter they shrink and tighten which exposes the rim of the hoof allowing them to cut through hard snow and ice. |
| BLACKBIRD | Common bird, a species of thrush, it feeds on the ground and often takes advantage of the proximity of humans to delve into rubbish dumps, though it is a little more elusive in Mallorca than other par |
| ITSASTEAL | "Can't beat that price!" or a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
