| ONETWOCOMBOS | Multipart boxing moves, or a hint to three vowels in each starred clue's answer |
| BREAKDANCES | Acrobatic street moves ... or a hint to parts of the answers to starred clues |
| DANCEOFFS | Contests with many moves, or a hint to the starred answers' outside-the-grid parts |
| STEP | Pace; a footprint; a ladder rung; a dance move; or, a short walk (4) |
| MINDSET | One's mental groove that's hard to move or a cognitive tone set in stone (7) |
| ONETHINGRIGHT | Just a single good move or a 2019 Marshmello hit with Kane Brown: 3 wds. |
| BIGSHOESTOFILL | What a successor may have, and a hint to three letters hidden in each starred answer |
| REDACTED | Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle |
| WORDSQUARE | Classic letter puzzle - or, when parsed differently, a hint to three Down answers in this puzzle |
| NOD | Silent assent ... or, in two parts, a hint to three long answers |
| SYMBIOTIC | Mutually beneficial ... or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| SCREEN | Displays during an online presentation ... or a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| SHARES | Displays during an online presentation ... or a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| STIRDEBATE | Engender public controversy, or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| SPINDOCTOR | Crafty press agent, or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| BTW | Incidentally, in texting ... and a hint to three long puzzle answers |
| LITTLEITALY | Neighborhood near SoHo, and a hint to three squares in this puzzle |
| RUNSONEMPTY | Keeps going despite fatigue ... or a hint to three features of this puzzle |
| GANDHI | Icon born 10/2/1869 ... with a hint to three squares in this puzzle |
| INTHECLOUD | Stored on a remote server, and a hint to three answers |
