| RAISECAIN | Cause a commotion, and a hint to a feature of 3-, 6- and 9-Down |
| HIGHSTANDARDS | What perfectionists have, or the tops of 3-, 6- and 21-Down? |
| ALADDIN | A boy, a commotion; and he finds a lamp |
| ABATTOIR | A commotion and flap about a stunning location |
| EAR | Are made a feature of (3) |
| DUDEWHERESMYCAR | 2000 stoner comedy whose title is a hint to 3-, 6-, and 9-Down |
| BLONDEONBLONDE | 1966 Bob Dylan album whose title is a hint to 3-, 6-, and 9-Down |
| QUADRUPLEDOUBLE | Major basketball feat ... or a feature shared by 3-, 6- and 9-Down |
| HIGHHOLIDAYS | Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur . . . and a feature of 3-, 7-, 9-, and 20-Down? |
| RACETOTHEBOTTOM | Competition that hurts everyone, and a feature of 3-, 8-, 22- and 34-Down |
| BEADYEYES | Ratlike feature, and a hint to a feature of the four starred answers |
| TRIPOLI | Capital of Libya, and a phonetic hint to a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| EYECONTACT | Public speaker's asset, and a phonetic hint to a feature of the starred answers |
| TWOAM | Wee hr., and a hint to a feature common to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| THIEVES | In 1.1, Iago and his companion want to cause trouble, so they yell and cause a commotion in the street to wake up a certain gentleman. What word do they yell several times to wake the household up? |
| THEWALLSHAVEEARS | "Be careful what you say," and a hint to a feature shared by this puzzle's perimeter answers |
| CAMERA | Race awkwardly around morning to a feature of a smartphone (6) |
| ALONGSIDE | Next to a feature of a right-angled triangle (9) |
| EASYONTHEEYES | Good-looking E or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle |
| FIRECRACKER | Fourth of July noisemaker ... and the function of the black squares in lines 3, 6, and 10 |
