| PICKUP | Learn, as a new skill ... or what can precede the ends of 20-, 36-, 42- and 59-Across |
| EASYA | No-brainer class, an example of which is named by combining the ends of 20-, 36-, 42- and 55-Across |
| LEARNER | Somebody who is acquiring a new skill or knowledge in a new area |
| USE | Apply, as a new skill |
| LANDINGCRAFT | Pilot's skill or what one comes ashore in (7,5) |
| RINGLEADER | Mr. Big, or the first word of 18-, 20-, 36-, 42-, and 56A |
| AIRCRAFT | Pilot's skills or what he is in (8) |
| WAGON | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 35-, 42-, and 59-Across |
| SPACEINVADERS | Classic video game, and a hint to a two-letter chunk common to 17-, 27-, 42- and 59-Across |
| HARRYHOUDINI | Stage name of Ehrich Weiss, for whom the ends of 20-, 36- and 42-Across were props |
| POCKET | Word that may follow the ends of 20-, 36-, and 51-Across |
| TIMESHARES | Some vacation condo arrangements ... or a hint to what can follow the starts and precede the ends of the starred clues' answers |
| WHITEWATER | Canoeing challenge whose first word can precede the start and whose second word can precede the end of the answers to starred clues |
| EYE | Storm center ... or, phonetically, letter that can precede the ends of the answers to the five starred clues to spell popular devices |
| CENTRALTIME | Midwestern clock setting ... and a hint to what can follow the start and precede the end of each starred clue's answer |
| PHONE | Caller's device, and word that can precede the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| CUTANDRUN | Get out of Dodge, or what can precede the first words of 17-, 78- and 47 Ac |
| ELEVATOR | Office building feature, which can precede the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| BUFFALO | Herd member that can precede the ends of the four longest answers |
| DOUBLE | Clone, or what can precede each half of the answers to the starred clues |
