| LEAPDAY | February 29th ... and, based on the ends of 16-, 24-, 49- and 60-Across, this puzzle's title |
| COLLECTORSITEMS | Things gathered by aficionados ... or what the ends of 16-, 24-, 49- and 59-Across can be? |
| PUTTINGONAIRS | Acting affectedly ... and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle's title |
| DANCE | With 63-Across, this puzzle's title (pertaining to the beginnings of 20-, 37- and 50-Across) |
| BETWEEN | With 39-Across, a description of the answers inside 17-, 24-, 49- and 60-Across |
| THISLITTLEPIGGY | Tot's chant suggested by the starts of 17-, 24-, 49- and 60-Across |
| BIGFINISH | Concert crescendo, and what 16-, 24-, 49- and 59-Across all have |
| KISMET | Baubles, Bangles And Beads and Stranger In Paradise were hits from this musical set in the mysterious east and based on the music of Borodin |
| BROKEN | With 49- Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| FAIRGAME | Open to attack, and based on the starts of the answers to starred clues, what this puzzle is |
| TBTEST | Diagnostic skin injection, and, based on the initials of their answers, what the starred clues repre |
| MILNE | Author of tales illustrated by E H Shepard and based on the toy animals of his son, Christopher Robin (5) |
| PEOPLE | BBC series starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal and based on the novel by 16/17 (6,6) |
| NORMAL | BBC series starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal and based on the novel by 16/17 (6,6) |
| BULL | This puzzle's title animal, and a logical follower to the openings of the starred entries |
| RANKINE | Of which scale, named after a Scottish physicist and based on the Fahrenheit degree, does 491.67 equ |
| REDS | 1981 movie starring Warren Beatty and based on the writings of John Reed (4) |
| STOCKHOLDER | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50- Across is? |
| SAIGON | Miss ___, musical set during the Vietnam War and based on the opera Madame Butterfly (6) |
| SEESAW | What is a children's game in which participants ride up and down on the ends of a plank (6) |
