| CREAM | It can follow the first word of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| CUT | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 33-Down |
| RESERVE | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| CABINET | Word that can follow the first parts of 20and 58- Across and 11- and 29- |
| CHEST | It can follow the first word of this puzzle's nine longest answers |
| LANE | Highway division, and word that can follow the first word of the answers to starred clues |
| RULE | Govern, or word that can follow the first word of the four longest puzzle answers |
| OIL | Viscous liquid, and a word that can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| MOUTHED | Lip-synched, and word that can follow the first word in answers to asterisked clues |
| MONEY | Word that can follow the first word of 18-, 20-, 35-, 54-, |
| FAIR | Word that can follow the first word of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| BRAIN | Word that can follow the first words of 4-,7- and 10- |
| BACKTRACK | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| DAYS | It can follow the last word of this puzzle's theme entries |
| MATE | It can follow the last word of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| CRACKER | It can follow the last word of 17- and 57-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| PIECE | Word that could follow the first word of the theme entries |
| WHALE | Word that can follow the first words of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| TAROT | Its suits are found in 17-and 58-Across and 11 and 25-down |
| AEIOU | They're found once each in 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
