| IPUTASPELLONYOU | Much-covered 1956 Screamin' Jay Hawkins song ... hinting at what happens three times in this puzzle's solution |
| IPUT | "___ a Spell on You" (classic 1956 Screamin' Jay Hawkins song) |
| TRACKCHANGES | Word processing option, or what happens three times in this puzzle |
| MAGICTRICK | Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. ... which happens three times in this puzzle |
| FLAUGHTER | Skinhead laughter at what happens in butchery (9) |
| EYEBALL | Look at what happens when I hit the roof audibly? |
| ONTHEJOB | Where some occupational training happens: 3 wds. |
| ONEHORSETOWN | Place where not much happens (3-5,4) |
| MYSTERYTRAIN | Jim Jarmusch film featuring the musicians Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Joe Strummer (7,5) |
| MYSTERY | 1989 comedy-drama film featuring musicians Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Joe Strummer (7,5) |
| TRAIN | 1989 comedy-drama film featuring musicians Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Joe Strummer (7,5) |
| ABRACADABRA | Steve Miller Band "remake" of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You"? |
| IPUTA | Screamin' Jay Hawkins "___ Spell on You" |
| ALLABOUTEVE | 1950 Bette Davis film hinting at something found 15 times in this puzzle |
| GOODWILLTOALL | Message hinting at a similar one found, literally, in four areas of the puzzle |
| COOLWATER | Much-covered song written by Bob Nolan in 1936 about a man, his mule Dan and a mirage in the desert |
| ISAWESAUHESAWME | Tongue-twister phrase hinting at this puzzle's theme |
| ALL | It's ___ in the Game, much-covered song |
| SKIN | I've Got You under My ___, much-covered Cole Porter song (4) |
| HES | "___ That Kind of Friend" (Walter Hawkins song) |
