| COMESFULLCIRCLE | Returns to the beginning, as suggested by the phonetic formula found at the starts of 17-, 37-, and 42-Across |
| REWOUND | Set back to the beginning, as a tape |
| METHOD | Formula found by head of department (6) |
| DOWNSIZING | Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| SPA | Place to enjoy the kinds of pampering found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| WILDFLOWERS | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| SOCIALMEDIA | Modern networking aid, as suggested by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| ZAMBONI | Machine waiting to enter the middle of this grid, as suggested by the answers to the starred clues |
| FATHERFIGURES | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| PENNAMES | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| SINKORSWIM | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| FOURQUARTERS | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| HOT | Weather term spelled with the letters whose positions are indicated by wordplay at 17-, 37-, and 59- |
| MUM | The word, as suggested by the saying formed by the ends of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| OPPOSITESATTRACT | Saying about compatible partners ... as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| MARCHMADNESS | Annual sports event that begins with Selection Sunday on 3/15 ... or, cryptically, a hint to the scrambled word found at the starts of 20-, 29-, 37- and |
| FIVEGOLDENRINGS | One set of gifts in "The 12 Days of Christmas" ... as suggested by the circled squares? |
| MACOPERATINGSYSTEMS | Things found at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| SCALE | Musical sequence found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| TRIMLEVEL | Options package for a new car, and what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
