| PUT | Place, and a fitting follower to the endings of the starred entries |
| BULL | This puzzle's title animal, and a logical follower to the openings of the starred entries |
| FREEATLAST | Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech ... or a hint to the endings of 17-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across |
| LITHE | Supple endings of the lithosphere? (5) |
| REWROTE | What Hemingway claimed he did to the ending of "A Farewell to Arms" 39 times |
| ERRATA | Mistakes in the book could be rare, thanks to the ending (6) |
| PSYCHO | Alfred Hitchcock secured the rights to which novel for only $9000, then bought as many copies as he could to keep the ending of the film a secret? (6) |
| ABOLITION | In British territories, the ending of the slave trade or slavery itself (9) |
| STUMPS | The ending of the play baffles (6) |
| BEDFELLOW | The sleeping partner would roar about the endings of 'Tree and Leaf' (9) |
| HAIRSALON | Permanent place, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| STALWART | Loyal to change the endings of Star Wars (8) |
| IDOL | Oleic acid, the endings of a false god (4) |
| LALALAND | 2016 Best Picture (no, wait; it wasn't!) ... and a fitting place for the answers to starred clues? |
| FIRESIDES | Warm, cozy places ... and a hint to what can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| BACKLOT | Studio filming place, and a hint to the starred answers hidden figurative synonyms |
| BACKBURNER | Low-priority place, and a hint to the starred answers' indicated letters |
| HOMEISWHERETHEHEARTIS | Phrase about feeling a strong connection to a particular place, and a hint for substituting letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| WORLDWIDEWEB | Surfers' place and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| AMNESTY | Amy gets a cosy place and a general pardon (7) |
