| FINALBOSS | Last opponent in a video game, or a description of the ends of 20-, 32-, and 43-Across |
| TIMEOUT | Clock-stopper in a game, or a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| BOSS | Final opponent in a video game level |
| EASTEREGG | A message, image, or feature hidden in software, a video game or film (6,3) |
| NBA | With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| AVATAR | An icon representing a particular person in e.g. a video game or internet forum (6) |
| SIDELINES | Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? |
| WHOVILLE | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| ALAMODE | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| SOUNDSFISHY | That doesn't seem right, or a description of the ends of asterisked clues? (11) |
| TONEDOWN | Make milder, or an apt description of the ends of the starred answers |
| BREAD | Moolah ... or the makeup of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| NEXTTONOTHING | Virtually zero, and where the ends of 20-, 32- and 43-Across are literally situated |
| FAHRVERGNUGEN | Literally meaning "driving enjoyment," slogan once used by the maker of the ends of 20-, 31- and 41- |
| GOODPOINT | "Your argument makes sense," and a feature of the ends of four Across answers |
| TAMES | Breaks ... or an anagram of the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle |
| SEASONOPENER | Game with plenty of hoopla, or hint to the start of 20-, 32-, and 43-Across |
| BRATS | Baby-sitting nightmares ... or relatives of the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| LETTEROPENER | Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across? |
| CUSP | A point as one of the ends of a crescent |
