| DOUBLETIME | Holiday pay rate, perhaps, and a hint to what can follow each word of each starred answer |
| FIRSTFAMILYBUYSISLAND | [... White House occupants make a Caribbean purchase] (Theme hint: What can follow each word of the bracketed clues' answers?) |
| WATER | Word that can precede each word of each starred answer |
| CHRISTMAS | With 63-Across, extra holiday pay ... or what's in 17-, 22-, 34- and 45-Across? |
| MARKMYWORDS | "Remember what I said!" ... and a hint to what can follow each part of the answers to starred clues |
| INVISIBLEHAND | Unseen market force, or a hint to what can follow each starred answer's first word and precede its last word |
| MATE | Aussie pal, or what can follow each word in the answers to starred clues |
| POT | Word that, when affixed to the first word of each starred answer, refers to a type of person |
| CENTRALTIME | Midwestern clock setting ... and a hint to what can follow the start and precede the end of each starred clue's answer |
| WALKBACK | Retreat, as from a position ... or a hint to what can follow the end of each starred answer |
| DOUBLESPACE | Word processing option, and a hint to what can follow the words of the starred answers |
| BACKTRACK | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| BACKTOBACK | Consecutive ... and a hint to what can follow the first parts and precede the second parts of the starred clues' answers |
| SUPERCOUPLE | Jay-Z and Beyonce, for one ... or a hint to what can precede both words of each starred clue's answer |
| ENDOFSTORY | "That's all she wrote," and literally, what the last word of each starred answer can be |
| ALTERNATIVEROCK | Nirvana genre, or a hint to the first word of each starred clue's answer |
| DOWNTOWN | City center, and a hint to what can follow the ends of the starred answers |
| HEAD | What can follow each word in the five longest Across answers |
| FALLBACK | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| ENDGAME | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
