| ITHADTOBEYOU | Classic song about a soulmate ... or a phonetic hint for repeated pairs of letters in 19-, 27- and 42-Across |
| MTA | Classic song about a subway rider named Charlie |
| KINDREDSPIRIT | Benevolent, left-wing and Scotch? Could be a soulmate (7,6) |
| ICANTHEARYOU | Crowd-rallying cry, or a hint to a 40- Down letter in 19-. 27- and 41-Across |
| SILENT | Crowd-rallying cry, or a hint to a 40- Down letter in 19-. 27- and 41-Across |
| PEGOMYHEART | Classic song about an Irish lass that was a #1 hit in 1913 and 1947 |
| OHSUSANNA | 1848 classic song about an Alabama-to-Louisiana traveler |
| EYESONME | "Look here!" ... or a phonetic hint to 10 pairs of letters in this puzzle's grid |
| TWINSIES | "OMG, we have the same outfit!" ... and a phonetic hint to two pairs of letters in this puzzle |
| COREBUSINESS | Company's main activity, and a hint to a different three-letter abbreviation hidden in 19-, 27- and |
| BREAKINGGROUND | Starting a project ... and what the letters between the starting and ending pairs of letters in each |
| LETSGOYANKEES | Cheer heard in the Bronx, or a phonetic hint for making the starred clues match their answers |
| ISEE | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| SEEOUT | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| MIXEDDOUBLES | Type of tennis match, and what's spelled out by the pairs of letters added to 12 phrases in this puzzle |
| AIGHT | Word of agreement that elides a pair of letters from another word of agreement |
| TEASEOUT | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| ENDIN | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| TEEPEE | A pair of letters for a wigwam |
| BATMAN | 1960s TV icon whose name follows a pair of letters found, appropriately, 16 times in this puzzle's Across answers |
