| ALTEREDSTATES | Paddy Chayefsky novel, and literally, what the beginnings of 20-, 32-, and 43-Across all are |
| WORKERSINAISLES | What 17-, 28- and 43-Across all are |
| AUTOMATES | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| NEXTTONOTHING | Virtually zero, and where the ends of 20-, 32- and 43-Across are literally situated |
| ALLCAPS | Emphatic type ... or what the beginnings of the longest entries are? |
| BEACHHOLIDAY | Summer getaway that characteristically has the three components hidden at the beginnings of 20-, 28- |
| GARDENVARIETY | Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| DANCEPARTNERS | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, e.g., and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred |
| CONEHEADS | Classic 'Saturday Night Live' family, with 'the' ... and, literally, what the starts of the answers |
| SEATBACKS | Spots for airline magazines ... and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can all have |
| WHISTLEBLOWERS | What 20-, 25- and 47- Across all are, in one way or another |
| PUTTINGONAIRS | Acting affectedly ... and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle's title |
| SEASONOPENER | Game with plenty of hoopla, or hint to the start of 20-, 32-, and 43-Across |
| FINALBOSS | Last opponent in a video game, or a description of the ends of 20-, 32-, and 43-Across |
| AIR | What the beginnings of any instrumental recording will produce (3) |
| ENDOFSTORY | "That's all she wrote," and literally, what the last word of each starred answer can be |
| LAUNDRYLIST | Lengthy litany ... and, literally, what the ends of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| TAKEAPOWDER | Leave hurriedly ... and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can do |
| CONNECTSTHEDOTS | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| SETFORLIFE | Having financial freedom ... and, literally, what the last words of the answers to starred clues comprise |
