| KETO | Diet that involves eating fat, cutting carbs, and avoiding the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| SHY | Disreputable, hiding poster and avoiding the limelight (3) |
| MACROS | Carbs and proteins, e.g., in diet shorthand |
| BAGELSLICER | Convenience for those who are cutting carbs? |
| PALEO | Low-carb "stone age" diet |
| HALEANDHEARTY | Kept eating fat-free, the man affected to be well |
| DESUETUDE | Inaction caused by wayward English dude eating fat (9) |
| BRISTLING | Sprat eating fat at last, visibly indignant? |
| MIDDLEEAR | Site of the hammer, anvil and stirrup ... and a hint to the hidden word in the answers to starred cl |
| BEONTHEBALL | Demonstrate effectiveness, and a literal hint to the puzzle theme found in the answers to starred cl |
| POSITIVE | Word (suggested by the black shape in this grid's center) that can precede the answers to starred cl |
| BCS | Recently retired NCAA football ranking system, and, as a plural, a hint to the answers to starred cl |
| VIRTUE | The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong. |
| IMAGINE | With 38-Across, band with the hit "Radioactive," and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred cl |
| SCOTFREE | Secret of being bad and avoiding punishment |
| CAMERASHY | Real ale fans drinking last of Singapore sling and avoiding shots? |
| CELIBACY | A bicycle breaking down -- and avoiding it (8) |
| UMBRA | 12 like being upset and avoiding offence |
| CABOT | He explored Virginia, for instance, going north and avoiding Colorado (5) |
| LOWPROFILE | Depressed by portrayal, and avoiding publicity (3-7) |
