| THATSALAUGH | Idiom equivalent to "Yeah, right!", or a sound found in each of the starred entries |
| THELOSTARK | Object of a quest by the title character; it may be found in each of the starred entries |
| OTC | Available without a prescription, shortly; found in each of the starred entries |
| DELI | Synonym for the puzzle's title; it may be found in each of the starred entries |
| RST | Letter sequence suggested by the puzzle title, and found in each of the starred entries |
| DAP | A bob, bounce or skip, as in a fishing fly on the surface of water; or, a sound made when bouncing, running or skipping in plimsolls (3) |
| FIRSTDRAFT | Preliminary version of a writing composition ... or how to describe the beginning of the answers to each of the starred clues? |
| TAKE | A synonym for the puzzle's title; it may precede the first word in each of the starred entries |
| EGGS | What the puzzle's title refers to; each of the starred entries holds a place where they might be found |
| APPROPRIATE | A synonym for the first word in each of the starred entries, as well as for the puzzle's title |
| INNERGODDESS | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| HORSERACE | What the puzzle's title refers to; the first parts of the starred entries, in clue order, give the order of the top three finishers |
| HOST | Emcee: the circled letters of the starred entries, in clue order, spell out the name of the late star of the puzzle's title show |
| EVERYTHING | "The works": the last words of the starred entries, in clue order, provide a clue to a similar phrase |
| STROKE | Touch of a paintbrush; or, a sound of a ticking clock (6) |
| UNDO | A possible synonym for the puzzle's title; an anagram of this word is hidden in each of the starred entries |
| AHA | Akin to the puzzle's title word, it's hidden in each of the starred entries |
| AVENUE | Main thoroughfare in Manhattan (one can be found in each of the four long answers in this puzzle) |
| THREEINAROW | The first sounds of the starred entries, in clue order, give the name of a pencil-and-paper game. This is what's needed to win |
| BUT | A synonym for "however," it's hidden in each of the starred entries |
