| FRINGEBENEFIT | Certain bonus, and a description of a hidden word in this puzzle |
| EXTRA | Bonus, and a word that can precede the last words of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| CHERRYONTOP | Unexpected and welcome bonus, and a hint to the starred answers' starts |
| PERIMETERPLAY | Ball-handling and outside shooting skills in basketball, and a description of a hidden word in this puzzle |
| OUTERSPACE | Atlantis environment, and a description of a hidden word in this puzzle |
| LIPSERVICE | Insincere words, and a description of a hidden word in this puzzle |
| MARGINCALL | Broker's demand, and a description of a hidden word in this puzzle |
| BORDERTOWN | San Diego or Detroit, e.g., and a description of a hidden word in this puzzle |
| RAILSPLITTER | Abraham Lincoln nickname, and a hint to a hidden word in each answer to a starred clue |
| GOESTHEDISTANCE | Finishes a task, and a hint to hidden words in this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| LINTTRAP | Dryer screen used to "catch" a hidden word in 16-, 22-, 51and 60- Across? |
| FILMINDUSTRY | *Movie business (note a hidden word in each starred pair's top answer) |
| ANIMALCRACKER | Baked treat that's aptly dividing five hidden words in this puzzle |
| RANDOMORDER | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| BELOWSEALEVEL | Sub-zero elevation formed by the opposite of "above" + a large body of water + a palindromic video game stage: 3 wds. (Theme answer: One word in this puzzle's title surrounds another word in the title |
| FITSTHEBILL | Phrase meaning "is suitable for a particular purpose" whose third word is a piece of paper money: 3 wds. (Theme answer: The first word anagrams to a word in this puzzle's title.) |
| MIDDLEEAR | Site of the hammer, anvil and stirrup ... and a hint to the hidden word in the answers to starred cl |
| POWHATAN | Father of Pocahontas (and example of the hidden word in the theme answers--this one just happens to be consecutive) |
| IDESOFMARCH | Today, to Caesar-and a hint to the hidden word appearing in this puzzle 15 times (including the one in this answer) |
| COLDHEARTED | Unemotional, and a hint to the hidden word in the answers to starred clues |
