| BORDERLINES | Gray areas, maybe ... or a hint to 12 incomplete answers in this puzzle |
| ISLANDHOPPING | Yachter's itinerary, maybe ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues |
| UTURN | One-eighty ... or a hint to how to complete the incomplete answer at 1-Across |
| DOUBLEA | Pro baseball level ... or a hint to 12 answers in this puzzle |
| THECOLORPURPLE | Alice Walker novel ... or a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle |
| UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | Pastry chef creations ... and a hint to 12 other answers in this puzzle |
| BOXER | One serving punch? ... or, parsed differently, a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle |
| SIDEBAR | Court conference, and a hint to twelve answers in this puzzle |
| CALAMITY | A hit in New York maybe - or a disaster |
| BEANFEAST | Bans a fete, maybe, or a works do (9) |
| MAGNUM | Expression of satisfaction about a gun maybe - or a big bottle (6) |
| TUATARA | Gets Tau a rat maybe or a lizard from NZ (7) |
| ICTUS | Percussus; struck (by a curse, maybe); or a musical beat |
| REGIONAL | A girl one limited to a particular area, maybe (8) |
| GETOLDER | Start to deal with gray areas, say |
| AITCH | A chit, maybe, or a letter (5) |
| ROADMOVIE | Thelma & Louise? Maybe, or a video about motorway (4,5) |
| PREFIX | Sub, maybe, or a pigheaded ref getting the team upset (6) |
| DYED | Eliminated a gray area, in a way |
| FUZZYLOGIC | Reasoning system with gray areas |
