| WHATSMYNAME | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| WHOYAGONNACALL | Question whose answer is "Ghostbusters" |
| WHATDOEWESAY | Question whose answer is "baa"? |
| BEARLEFT | One option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across |
| WHATAMUSEMENT | With 41- and 60-Across, question whose answer is hidden in this puzzle |
| LGBTQ | Modern movement initialism ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 61-Across |
| GROWTHAREA | Prime sector for development, and a clue to the ends of 18-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across |
| BEERCHASER | Half a boilermaker ... and what's aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40 and 51- Across |
| MOCKINGBIRD | Creature in the title of a classic 1960 novel; the author's name is spelled out in the circled letters |
| LECARRE | Author of the 1974 novel found in the starts of the starred answers |
| GAMECHANGER | Industry-disrupting idea, or a hint to the slow transformation happening in the starts of the starred clues' answers |
| PROSANDCONS | Both sides of an argument ... and what can literally precede the starts of 18-, 24-, 53- and 60-Acro |
| TARA | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| ADOOR | End of the riddle whose answer is "When it's ajar." |
| OPENENDER | Question whose answer can go almost anywhere |
| WHY | Question whose answer might begin Because ... |
| NAMETHEONE | Start of a brainteaser whose answer appears in order, from top to bottom, in this puzzle's circled s |
| LOLA | Kinks hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| YMCA | Village People song whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| ARMS | The right to keep them is spelled out in the Second Amendment |
