| RANDOMORDER | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| COZILY | Snugly how it appears in the USA (6) |
| JAIL | Synonyms for it appear in the four longest puzzle answers |
| ETYMOLOGY | Study of the sources and development of words and how their meanings have changed through history (9) |
| CAKED | Plastered adult cuts deck, shuffling (5) |
| INBOXZERO | Ambitious email goal, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| RAILSPLITTER | Abraham Lincoln nickname, and a hint to a hidden word in each answer to a starred clue |
| REVERSEDUNK | Back-to-the-basket field goal, and a hint to the circled squares in 36 Across |
| STEPUP | Rise to the challenge ... and a hint to a hidden word in 5-, 10-, 25- and 28-Down |
| THEBACKSTROKE | Response to 30-/35-Across, and a hint to a hidden word in 14-, 17-, 61- and 66-Across |
| MIDDLEEAR | Site of the hammer, anvil and stirrup ... and a hint to the hidden word in the answers to starred cl |
| SHAPESHIFTERS | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| IDESOFMARCH | Today, to Caesar-and a hint to the hidden word appearing in this puzzle 15 times (including the one in this answer) |
| DEUCESWILD | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| UPTHEANTE | Raise stakes in a game ... and a hint to a hidden feature of five Down puzzle answers |
| PERIMETERPLAY | Ball-handling and outside shooting skills in basketball, and a description of a hidden word in this puzzle |
| GRADEONTHECURVE | Make a 60 a passing score, say ... and what each indicated letter is, in relation to a hidden 3-letter word just below it? |
| COLDHEARTED | Unemotional, and a hint to the hidden word in the answers to starred clues |
| LEMONADE | Picnic serving, and when divided properly, a hint to a hidden feature of six pairs of puzzle answers |
| BORDERTOWN | San Diego or Detroit, e.g., and a description of a hidden word in this puzzle |
