| INTHERED | Owing, like the answers to the starred clues |
| OMNIDIRECTIONAL | Like the answers to eight starred clues ... and a hint as to how to fill them in |
| AGELESS | Like someone who appears untouched by time, and like the answers to the starred clues? |
| DRIVEN | Like the answers to the starred clues |
| GOESOUTWITHABANG | Finishes in grand style, like the answers to the starred clues? |
| IMPROPERLYSPELLED | Like the answers to the 10 asterisked clues, more often than any other English words, according to a |
| DOWNANDDIRTY | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues? |
| SPUNAROUND | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| XRATED | Like the answers to starred clues before they were edited for content? |
| HALFBAKED | Like the answers to this puzzle's 12 asterisked clues? |
| AIRPORT | Like the answer to each asterisked clue, Louis Armstrong or John Wayne? (7) |
| ITAL | Like the answers at 6-Acr. and 31-Acr. |
| CLUED | Like the answers in this crossword; dulce (anag.) |
| ERI | "___, _ don't know." (Um, like, the answer evades me) |
| TERSE | Like the answer "No." |
| BENTOUT | With 86-Down, very upset ... like the answers to five of this puzzle's clues? |
| PLANTBASED | Like a meatless diet ... or like the answers to 3-, 7-, 10-, and 24-Down? |
| NEAT | Like the answer to 53-Across |
| MIDDLEOFTHEROAD | Not extreme, like the answers whose clues start with asterisks |
| EPONYMOUS | Like the answers at 17-, 21-, 52-, and 56-Across |
