| TURNINGPALE | Losing color, or what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| POWERCLASHING | Fashion trend that embraces a bold mix of patterns and colors, or what can be found in 17-, 26-, 52-, and 62-Across? |
| CORAL | A pale pink color (or what an underwater reef might be made of) |
| PLUM | A deep purple color (or what a prune was before it got dried) |
| PALING | Losing color, as a frightened person's face |
| FADING | Losing color |
| HALFDOME | Granite formation in Yosemite, or what can literally be found on either end of the answers to the starred clues |
| RUNAROUND | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| GOUNDERCOVER | What narcs may do ... or what can literally be found in three pairs of puzzle answers |
| EXTRAINNINGS | Ballgame extenders ... and what can literally be found in the answers to the asterisked clues |
| TREETOPS | Canopy creators ... or what can literally be found in 6-, 10-, 24- and 34- |
| FINALFAREWELL | Last parting, or what can literally be found in |
| SPORTSWASHING | Country's use of athletics to distract from rights abuses, and what can literally be found in each starred answer |
| SPLITTICKET | Voter's crossover ballot, and what can literally be found in the circled letters |
| CHANGEDMAN | Whole new person who can literally be found in the answers to starred clues |
| MIXEDVEGETABLES | Dinner side, and what can literally be found in this puzzle's circles |
| HOUSEHOLDNAME | Instantly recognizable brand, and what can literally be found in this puzzle's circles? |
| MOVEABLEFEAST | Pentecost, e.g., and what can literally be found in this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| ACITYONAHILL | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| SPARECHANGE | Pocket coins, or what can literally be seen in each set of puzzle circles |
