| BANANA | Fruit that can precede the last words of 17-, 28-, 47-, and 63-Across |
| FATE | "Chance" found on the outsides of 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across |
| ALL | With 69-Across, courtroom directive ... or, homophonically, what the starts of 17-, 28-, 47-and 61-Across are |
| BEER | Brew found in increasing quantities in the ends of 17-, 28-, 47- and 64-Across |
| EXTRA | Bonus, and a word that can precede the last words of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| GAS | Word that can precede the last word of the four longest puzzle answers |
| BARN | Word that can precede the last word of the four longest entries |
| SMOKE | Light up, and word that can precede the last word of answers to starred clues |
| BOY | Word that can precede the last parts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58 |
| KING | Type of leader, and a word that could precede the last word in each starred answer |
| EMPTY | Word that can precede the last parts of 20- and |
| CAL | Home state for the ends of 18-, 28-, 47- and 62-Acr. |
| COCONUT | Fruit that can be the source of the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| JAMES | It precedes the last words of the four longest puzzle answers |
| SLEEPING | Word that can precede the last words of 17-, 21-, 26-, 48-, and 54-Across |
| BUILDABEAR | What you can do by combining the last words of 17-, 30- and 44- Across |
| STAR | Word that could precede the last word in 21, 26, 43 |
| BUMPER | Word that can precede the last word of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
| NONONO | Words that can precede the last words of 19-, 39- and 60-Across |
| WAITING | Word that can precede the last word of 18- and 58-Across and 3- and 33-Down |
