| EPONYMOUS | Like the answers at 17-, 21-, 52-, and 56-Across |
| ITAL | Like the answers at 6-Acr. and 31-Acr. |
| TAKEAHIKE | "Get outta here!" ... and an impossible ask re: 17-, 20-, 52-, and 56-Across |
| NILE | River that runs through the answers at 17-, 23-, 37-, 54-, and 62-Across |
| RIO | Resort added to the answers at 17-, 25-, 43-, and 59-Across |
| BROKENPROMISE | Moral lapse that is reflected literally by the answers at 17-, 24-, 46- and 54-Across |
| ARNOTTSBISCUITS | 17-, 21-, 52- and 61-Across, among others |
| COUNTTHESQUARES | How to find out what "this many" is in 17-, 21-, 52- and 57-Across |
| ESCAPEE | Fugitive who, phonetically, is "hiding" in certain letters in 17-, 21-, 52- and 61-Across |
| AGELESS | Like someone who appears untouched by time, and like the answers to the starred clues? |
| DRIVEN | Like the answers to the starred clues |
| INTHERED | Owing, like the answers to the starred clues |
| GOESOUTWITHABANG | Finishes in grand style, like the answers to the starred clues? |
| ADLAI | Candidate Stevenson of '52 and '56 |
| AES | Pol. monogram of '52 and '56 |
| IKE | Dick was his running mate in '52 and '56 |
| IMPROPERLYSPELLED | Like the answers to the 10 asterisked clues, more often than any other English words, according to a |
| DOWNANDDIRTY | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues? |
| OMNIDIRECTIONAL | Like the answers to eight starred clues ... and a hint as to how to fill them in |
| SPUNAROUND | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
