| SKIPPINGTOWN | Leaving in a hurry . . . or what can be found in each of 18-, 25-, 38-, and 51-Across? |
| HOMEMADEMEAL | Sequence of dishes such as 18-, 25-, 38-, and 55-Across, in more ways than one |
| THATESCALATEDQUICKLY | Remark about how things got out of hand in a hurry ... or a remark about this puzzle |
| BUGSOUT | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |
| TURKEYDINNER | Thanksgiving ritual that may contain the first words in each of 18-, 27-, 34-, 46- and 55-Across |
| UNDID | Cancelled one for each of 18 |
| AVENUE | Main thoroughfare in Manhattan (one can be found in each of the four long answers in this puzzle) |
| INNERGODDESS | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| AREYOUWITHME | "Get it so far?" or what can be found in each of the starred entries, phonetically |
| THELOSTARK | Object of a quest by the title character; it may be found in each of the starred entries |
| TICTACTOE | Pencil game that hints at this puzzle's theme, found in the first and last letters of 18-, 25- and 4 |
| ITSMEAGAIN | "I'm back!" ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 51- Across |
| THATSALAUGH | Idiom equivalent to "Yeah, right!", or a sound found in each of the starred entries |
| SAWDUST | Observed someone leaving in a hurry, but remains in the workshop |
| TAUTOLOGICAL | Like the names of 18-, 25-, 40- and 50- Across vis-a-vis the bracketed languages |
| RST | Letter sequence suggested by the puzzle title, and found in each of the starred entries |
| MURDERWEAPONS | Clue(do) "clues" - there's one to be found in each of the starred answers |
| DELI | Synonym for the puzzle's title; it may be found in each of the starred entries |
| BOLTING | leaving in a hurry |
| DASHINGOFF | Writing "Just leaving in a hurry" |
