| FOURSEASONS | Hotel chain, and a feature of answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| FIRSTHAND | Obtained directly, and a hint to a feature of answers to asterisked clues (5-4) |
| CONCEALEDWEAPON | What a secret agent might carry, or a feature of answers to asterisked clues (15) |
| HEADSTONE | Grave marker, and a feature of answers to asterisked clues (9) |
| JOHNLECARRE | Author of a book whose title consists of parts of answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| BESTWESTERN | Phoenix-based hotel chain (and see circles) |
| INVISIBLEMAN | H G Wells character, or a feature of answers to asterisked clues? (12) |
| SHADEOFBLUE | Deeper ___, song by Steps and a hint to the starts of answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| WHOLENUMBER | Integer, or what sounds like a hint to ends of answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| ONTHEPODIUM | Successful in a race, as indicated in parts of answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| SOLARSYSTEM | Part of the Milky Way, which includes starts of answers to asterisked clues * (11) |
| ARBYS | 'We Have The Meats' fast food chain, and a homophonic hint to the six longest puzzle answers |
| QUADRUPLEA | Size smaller than 63 Down, and a feature of answers to asterisked clues (10) |
| IBIS | Name shared by hotel chain and wading bird (4) |
| APPERTAIN | Belong with the paper-chain and a tin, outside (9) |
| ITSASIN | Pet Shop Boys song, and a hint to parts of answers to asterisked clues (7) |
| CHANGEOFPACE | Something completely different, and a hint to the starts of answers to asterisked clues (12) |
| RINGTAILED | Type of lemur, and a description of answers to asterisked clues (10) |
| AKFORTYSEVEN | Gun, and a description of answers to asterisked clues if the numbers within their clues are summed (12) |
| NAMEOFTHEFATHER | In the ___, Daniel Day-Lewis film, and a hint to the openings of answers to asterisked clues (15) |
