| NUMBERS | Four different Spanish ones begin each of the four theme entries |
| SUBWAYS | Transport systems that begin each of the three theme answers |
| PUNCTUATIONMARK | What ends many a line, and what begins each of the puzzle's three other long answers |
| PRIME | Number type of which mathematician Luke Durant discovered the largest known example last week, at more than41 million digits; a smaller one begins each of our theme clues |
| PITCHER | In baseball, the player who throws the baseball towards the catcher to begin each play |
| CANASTA | May one begin right away in cards? (7) |
| GETSTARTED | But how can one begin, given great Donald Trump set to order? (3,7) |
| MIAMI | The last word of each of the four theme entries is a member of a professional sports team from this city |
| ELEMENT | Each of the four theme entries ends in an astrological one of these |
| ONCEUPONATIMEIN | Phrase that, when preceded by the first parts of the four theme entries, creates the name of the entertainment in the parenthesis |
| TILDE | Squiggle seen on an "N" in each of the four theme entries |
| ROAD | ___ sign (each of the four theme entries starts with one) |
| INSIDEVOICE | Good title for this crossword, considering what each of the four theme entries conceals (2 wds.) |
| MEN | The start of the four theme entries, collectively |
| STORM | Each of the first names in the four theme entries will be an Atlantic one of these in 2020 |
| USA | What's hiding in each of the four theme answers |
| COMEONLINES | Words from a pickup artist, and, if reinterpreted, each of the four theme answers |
| NWSL | Pro sports org. with teams whose names begin the four theme entries |
| NEYO | R&B artist "residing" in the four theme entries |
| VET | Today's honoree and word found in the four theme entries |
