| BOX | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| ORT | Tiny table scrap Indicates a clue related to the crossword's title. |
| BEATLEMANIA | 1960s rock frenzy ... or when sounded out another way, what you might feel while solving this puzzle? |
| IDLY | I'm doing last year's clue so lackadaisically (4) |
| AUPAIRS | Ones who help with child care, or what you will find in the starred answers |
| ESTATE | What you will find in Spain and Portugal for example? (6) |
| SLAB | Yell out syllable of what you will find in the morgue (4) |
| PAPERTRAILS | What auditors look for, and, in a way, what the ends of the answers to starred clues are |
| BALLCLUB | Angels or Dodgers, and, in a way, what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| REARSEATS | What many sports cars lack, and, in a way, what the ends of the starred answers are |
| SWIVELCHAIR | Office purchase, and in a way, what can be seen in this puzzle's sequence of circles |
| EXTREMESPORTS | X Games activities, and, in a way, what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| THEPOWEROFTEN | Exponential measurement, and in a way, what's demonstrated in how answers were formed in 20-, 34- an |
| POTATOHEAD | Mr. who debuted 5/1/1952, or in a way, what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| TSQUARE | Drawing aid ... or, in a way, what needs to be changed to solve the meta |
| LONGGONE | Extinct since way back when ... and, in a way, what each set of circles represents |
| NINETOFIVEJOBS | Predictable work ... and, in a way, what the other three longest answers are? |
| CLOSESTHEDEAL | Has successful negotiations, and, in a way, what this puzzle does |
| RINGBEARER | Position assumed by Frodo Baggins and, in a way. by each of this puzzle's theme entries |
| DOUBLEDOORS | School entrances, or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue has |
