| KILLBILL | Quentin Tarantino franchise whose first and second parts will be shown in theaters as a four-and-a-half-hour experience subtitled "The Whole Bloody Affair" |
| FIRSTRUN | New in theaters, as a film |
| HALO | Video game franchise whose first game is subtitled Combat Evolved |
| SPECULATORS | So clue parts will reveal those who take financial risks (11) |
| GADFLYPETREL | Flying animal whose first and second words are letter banks for "flag day" and "replete," respectively: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The circled letters represent a "shifted" part of this puzzles title.) |
| DL | Tight-lipped abbreviation whose first and second words stand for the opposites of up and high, respectively |
| STRAIGHTTOVIDEO | Never shown in theaters |
| NUTSODRAMAS | Absurdist theater, as foreseen? |
| DOUBLEDARE | Twice-as-bold challenge formed by inserting an anagram of "bouldered" into _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first and second words of this answer are counterparts of the first and second |
| BODYANDSOUL | Wholeheartedly, or words that can precede the first and second parts, respectively, of 17-, 31- and |
| BROADSHEET | Bet the road she took in will be shown in the handbill (10) |
| PLATOON | Soldiers, also, will be shown in the drawing |
| PRECIS | New prices will be shown in the summary (6) |
| BACKTOBACK | Consecutive ... and a hint to what can follow the first parts and precede the second parts of the starred clues' answers |
| FLAMBE | Meat in first and second part of feast served in lighted brandy (6) |
| MOONCAKE | Dessert whose first four letters spell a celestial body seen at night (Theme explanation: The first and second parts of 12- and 20-Across can come before the first and second halves of this answer, re |
| KNOT | Fastening such as a four-in-hand or Windsor for a necktie (4) |
| EXTRA | Run another four and a half times around the track after a marathon to make a special effort (2,3,5,4) |
| GOTHE | Run another four and a half times around the track after a marathon to make a special effort (2,3,5,4) |
| MILE | Run another four and a half times around the track after a marathon to make a special effort (2,3,5,4) |
