| DOWNSIZING | Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| ITSINTHEBAG | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the sta |
| BRINGUPTOSPEED | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| NOSETOTAIL | Waste-free diet ... and the progression of the last words of the starred clues' answers |
| LUCILLEBALL | Which comic actor and co-owner of the successful Desilu Studios began her acting career with the sta |
| DUEPROCESS | Cornerstone of the American legal system |
| MESS | Target of the KonMari Method |
| MESSY | Like a room in need of the KonMari Method |
| CHANGEOFPACE | Welcome break in one's routine, or the progression found at the starts of 20-, 33-, and 43-Across |
| OPENANDSHUTCASE | Easy-to-resolve situation ... or a hint to the progression found in 20-, 23-, 43-, 46- and 58-Across |
| SPA | Place to enjoy the kinds of pampering found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| WILDFLOWERS | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| DAVY | Cornish chemist whose invention of a firedamp safety lamp decreased the number of fatalities of miners and contributed to the progression of the industrialisation of Britain (4) |
| FATHERFIGURES | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| PENNAMES | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| SINKORSWIM | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| FOURQUARTERS | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| SPRING | - cleaning; action of decluttering described in the KonMari method (6) |
| MACOPERATINGSYSTEMS | Things found at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| SCALE | Musical sequence found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
