| BIGBADWOLF | Menace who destroyed houses made of the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| TAKEASWING | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| RIFLESQUAD | Group that might hear the first words of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| APPENDAGES | They're found at the ends of 18-, 26- and 44-Across |
| SIGNOFTHEZODIAC | Citizen's goof had destroyed house |
| MANOR | Roman destroyed house (5) |
| VERBALGYMNASTICS | Fancy, evasive language ... or a hint to the ends of 18-, 26-, 54- and 65-Across |
| WHOVILLE | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| BREAD | Moolah ... or the makeup of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| ITSAKEEPER | Angler's "I don't have to throw this one back," and hint to the first word of 18-, 26-, 37- and 47-A |
| LUDDITE | A member of the artisan groups who destroyed machinery in the early 1800s (7) |
| FAHRVERGNUGEN | Literally meaning "driving enjoyment," slogan once used by the maker of the ends of 20-, 31- and 41- |
| GIRLS | Little ones who, they say, are made up of the ends of this puzzle's four longest entries |
| GOODPOINT | "Your argument makes sense," and a feature of the ends of four Across answers |
| COMPUTERNERD | One who might use one of the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| ALAMODE | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| ENNIS | Darragh, Chaser nicknamed The Menace who joined TV quiz show The Chase in 2020 (5) |
| IGLOOS | Houses made of snow |
| LOGCABINS | Small houses made of wood (3,6) |
| TEPEES | Houses made of hides |
