| PENTANGLES | Five-pointed stars ... or, in two words, what the sets of circles represent? |
| CANDYWRAPPERS | Halloween discards and what the three sets of circles represent? |
| MISSING | Lost ... or, in two words, an apt description of 17-, 24-, 47- and 59-Across |
| LOGO | The Cowboys' five-pointed star or the Colts' horseshoe |
| BETSY | She convinced George to switch to five-pointed stars, in American legend |
| AUTOMATES | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| APPLECORES | Pie-making scraps ... and what this puzzle's circles represent? |
| MERC | A short or informal name of a car symbolised by a three-pointed star; or, a soldier of fortune (4) |
| RADIOACTIVITY | What a Geiger counter measures ... or, as two words, what the ends of 20-, 26and 48-Across are |
| MAKINGAFACE | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| BOBOLINKS | Birds with short finchlike bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| SPINATALE | Embellish the truth, and what the sets of circled letters do? |
| SHIPSHAPE | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| HOLDINGPATTERNS | Flight paths above busy airports, and what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| CRACKAJOKE | Say something funny, and what the sets of circled letters do |
| SHAKENBAKE | Breadcrumb coating brand ... or, as two words, what is found in the answers to starred clues |
| PEND | Remain unsettled, or, read as two words, what five of this puzzle's long answers have |
| DUADS | A combination of two words, what are groups of two? (5) |
| BLOWWINDS | Lear's speech in the storm begins with two words. What are they? |
| PAINTAPICTURE | Tell us in your own words what the artist has to do (5,1,7) |
