| PRIMETIMES | Peak periods for TV, or a hint for the asterisked clues (5,5) |
| ANTENNA | Metallic structure for TV or radio reception |
| HIGHMASS | Service of Proven'al farmhouse in peak periods (4,4) |
| UPS | Peak periods |
| HIGHS | Peak periods |
| AERIAL | Antenna for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves for television or radio (6) |
| CONSOLE | A cabinet for television or radio equipment (7) |
| LIMITEDSERIES | Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television or ___ ___ (One of two categories in which Rachel McAdam |
| THREEBEARS | Goldilocks and the ___, or a hint to the asterisked clues (10) |
| THEBEEGEES | Stayin' Alive band; or, phonetically, a description of the answers to the asterisked clues (10) |
| FRACTIONAL | Insignificant, and a hint to answers to the asterisked clues (10) |
| FINALSWEEK | Period for taking exams ... or a hint to the pattern shown in the last three or four letters of the asterisked answers |
| SKYWRITING | Aerial text, or the asterisked clues' answers? |
| SHAMEONYOU | "That wasn't nice!" and a hint to a trigram hidden in the asterisked answers |
| SILLYPOINT | Dumb hint for the fielding position (5,5) |
| ROCKBOTTOM | Lowest level, and a hint to the asterisked answers |
| TERMINATOR | In a peak period first getting satellite line |
| FOUREYES | Bully's name for the kid in glasses, and a hint to the asterisked clues |
| SET | A collection of tea things or model railway carriages, for example; an onion for planting; a radio/TV; or, a hairdo (3) |
| DISMISSAL | Favorite time of the school day for some teachers and students, or a two-word hint for the answers to the starred clues |
