| GOGETTERS | Overachievers, and a hint to a word that can precede both words of the starred answers |
| HOPIN | Words to a hitchhiker, and a literal hint to what spans both words of the answers to starred clues |
| ATLAST | Etta James song, and a hint to the final letters in both words of the starred clues' answers |
| CORNERBARS | Local watering holes, and a hint to a word that can follow eight of this puzzle's peripheral answers |
| SUPERCOUPLE | Jay-Z and Beyonce, for one ... or a hint to what can precede both words of each starred clue's answer |
| RUBBER | Word that can precede both words of |
| SALIENT | Listen to a word that is prominent (7) |
| OUTDOOR | Go one better than edgy overachiever, and make it open-air |
| FRONTDOOR | Face party held by edgy overachiever, and make entrance |
| BABYONBOARD | Driver's alert about an infant, and a hint to what can precede both words of 17-, 24-, 34- and 46-Across |
| HANDPRINT | Turkey's body in a kid's art project, maybe (Theme hint: What can precede both words in each starred clue's answer?) |
| FIRESIDES | Warm, cozy places ... and a hint to what can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| DOUBLETAKE | Surprised reaction ... or a hint to what can precede both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| HOT | Word that can precede both parts of the starred clues' answers |
| OUTOF | Words that can precede both parts of this puzzle's six longest answers |
| DOUBLESPACE | Word processing option, and a hint to what can follow the words of the starred answers |
| BACKTRACK | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| HALFANDHALF | Coffee creamer option, or what can precede both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| ITSJUSTAPHASE | Parental comment about a teen's rebelliousness, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| ROLLCALL | Attendance check, and a hint to the puzzle theme in the first words of the starred answers |
