| FALLINGSTARS | Meteors, and what three Down answers aptly contain |
| ODD | Like the length of this answer, aptly |
| SHOOTINGSTARS | Meteors, and what 20-, 28- and 48-Across all are |
| OMENS | Meteors and eclipses, some once thought |
| NOWYOUDONT | Illusionist's phrase illustrated by three Down answers in this puzzle? |
| WORDSQUARE | Classic letter puzzle - or, when parsed differently, a hint to three Down answers in this puzzle |
| ANEMONES | Sea creatures that aptly contain a clownfish (... letters 2- 5) |
| MINIBARS | Hotel room amenities that would aptly contain this puzzle's seven pint-size words? |
| HIDDENCARBS | Bane of a ketogenic diet, and what three long puzzle answers contain |
| CATCHSOMEZS | What I hope I'll be able to do better with my CPAP machine, and what three phrases in this puzzle do to create the double-starred answers |
| GETSTRAIGHTFS | Flunk out ... and what three long answers do? |
| SPLITEND | Hair problem, and what three short puzzle answers each has |
| SPACEINVADERS | Classic arcade game with pixelated aliens, and what three answers in this puzzle have |
| OUTS | "Three up, three down" trio |
| FALLINGSTAR | Meteor, and a hint to the word that descends in the starred clues' answers ... and this puzzle's grid |
| IOLANTHE | G&S twenty three down |
| CEASE | Shut Three, down in Germany |
| ABODE | Three Down, for example (5) |
| TREY | Three, down in Vegas |
| COME | Meteor and small copper rocks occur as predicted (4,4) |
