| DRYMARTINI | Its components are hidden at the ends of 17-, 20-, 35- and 53-Across |
| STEREO | Its components are often bought separately |
| PLATE | Dish that can follow the first words of 17-, 20-, 35-, 51-, and 56-Across |
| SECRETAGENTS | Undercover operatives ... or what are hiding in 17-, 20-, 35- and 58-Across? |
| ESS | Curvaceous figure found in 20-, 35- and 53-Across |
| MARIOBROS | Video game franchise with characters found at the ends of 17-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |
| BACKEDUP | Went into reverse ... or what the ends of 17-, 20-, 38- and 59-Across might be |
| AYCE | Acronym for a buffet restaurant which stands for the words "hidden" at the ends of the *clue answers |
| BEACHHOLIDAY | Summer getaway that characteristically has the three components hidden at the beginnings of 20-, 28- |
| ARENA | Rough synonym for the words hidden at the beginnings of 17-, 28-, 44-, and 60A |
| DEN | Hidden at the end of the lair (3) |
| MAN | End of the beginnings of 17, 20, 51, 55-A and 19, 25-D |
| HOLI | Hindu holiday hidden at the beginning of one of the words in this hint |
| SPLITDOWN | Shared equally ... and a hint to a word hidden at the center of each starred clue's answer |
| THEMIDDLE | Shared equally ... and a hint to a word hidden at the center of each starred clue's answer |
| LEXEME | A unit of language, the meaning of which cannot be understood from a subset of its components |
| STABILISE | Is able to fiddle with its components and get rid of the wobble (9) |
| AVI | Birdy prefix hidden at the start of aviation |
| ROYALFLUSH | What's hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across-if all are in, say, 38-Across |
| EARTHSCIENCES | Sciences that seek to understand the earth and all its components (6,8) |
