| PASSNOTES | Furtively communicate in class, or what you need to do seven times in this puzzle |
| LEAGUE | Unit of distance equal to three miles - the fairy-tale boots allowed you to do seven of them at a st |
| MEAN | Low in class, or average |
| SCHOLARS | Pupils in class, or playing hard inside (8) |
| PUTONICE | Allow to chill ... and what you'll find seven times in this puzzle |
| TRIMTHETREE | Do some holiday decorating ... and what you need to do to four puzzle answers to produce familiar phrases? |
| ONEOVERPAR | Golfer's "bogey," and what appears seven times in this puzzle |
| DOWNWARDDOG | Popular yoga pose or something found seven times in this puzzle |
| PADUP | What you need to do before going out (or is it in?) to face the bowler (in cricket) (3,2) |
| STARSEARCH | 1980s-'90s talent show, and what you need to do to find this puzzle's theme |
| DROPINS | Unexpected guests, and what you need to do to seven Across answers for their clues to make sense |
| POUND | Unit of weight that has been lifted seven times in this puzzle |
| WHATISLOVE | 1993 dance hit, and a question answered seven times in this puzzle |
| GEORGEWASHINGTON | February 22 honoree whose name is rearranged seven times in this puzzle |
| DROPLEAFTABLE | Piece of furniture with parts that fold down, as depicted seven times in this puzzle |
| AWE | Wonder ... which is featured seven times in this puzzle's grid |
| MOVEDOVER | Change a map of southern England? ... or, when parsed differently, what you need to do to the answers to the starred clues |
| CUTONESTEETH | Would you need to do this to visit the dentist in practice? (3,3'1,5) |
| ADAPT | In an ever-changing game, you need to do this to survive (5) |
| ICEPACKS | Huskies or what you need to punch to treat burns (8) |