| AFTERPARTY | Event for the cast and crew (or where the first words of the *clue answers and both title words all fit) |
| ANAGRAM | What to do with the starred clue answers and the cities in the clue they refer to |
| SOAPDISH | 1990s comedy about the cast and crew of a fictional television soap opera (8) |
| SURTEES | Six-time worid 500cc motorcycle champion who became F1 champion in 1964, the only person to have won both titles (7) |
| STAIRCASE | Raise it for the cast and put carpet on it |
| CREWMATES | See title (and what the first words of the *clue answers could be) |
| CAMPFOLLOWERS | Civilian tagalongs in a war zone (and what the first words of the *clue answers are) |
| STONE | Possible suffix for the first words of the *clue answers |
| STRINGORCHESTRA | Musical combo or (where the first name of a Beatle is hidden) |
| FALLINGSTAR | Meteor, and a hint to the word that descends in the starred clues' answers ... and this puzzle's grid |
| NINETYDEGREES | Temperature on a hot day, or a hint to the starred clues' answers and each black square arrangement in the grid |
| DOTTEDNOTES | In a musical score of Happy Birthday To You, the sung lines of words all begin with ____ |
| SCRATCHOFF | Remove, as six blocks from this puzzle's grid ... making space for letters that complete the starred clues' answers and spell an apt word |
| HORSES | In other words, all to their own (6,3,7) |
| FORCOURSES | In other words, all to their own (6,3,7) |
| ROSEMCDOWALL | *WORDS ALL COME (4,8) |
| AFTERDINNER | When one might have a mint ... or where the first words of 18-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across can be found |
| COXSWAIN | The person in charge of steering a rowing shell and coordinating the rhythm of the crew; or, helmsman/ woman or skipper of a lifeboat (8) |
| ONTHELINE | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| AYCE | Acronym for a buffet restaurant which stands for the words "hidden" at the ends of the *clue answers |
