| STRAIGHTEDGES | Rulers, e.g. ... or what the letters in 3-, 7-, 27- and 34-Down all have |
| BLUE | Navy, e.g., or what the starred answers can be, in various ways |
| BEBEREXHA | Singer who performed on 15- 27- and 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| WINTERARC | Season-long alternative to a New Year's resolution, or what the letters in the shaded squares represent? |
| MEASURERS | Rulers, e.g. |
| EMIR | Title held by Kuwait's rulers, e.g. (4) |
| CROSSDRESSING | "Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times? |
| SLANT | What the letters in this clue do |
| TYSON | Blew out Australia with 7-27 at the MCG in 1954 (5) |
| LIFTGATE | Rear device for an SUV, or what the answers to 3-, 9-, 17- and 27-Down all have |
| EASYAS | Hard-to-fail classes 7/27 |
| FOGGYBOTTOM | State Department neighborhood ... and what 3-, 8- and 29-Down all have? |
| AWARDSSHOWS | What 18 Across, 4 Down and 11 Down all have in common |
| SANDTRAPS | Golf hazards, or what the letters between the circles have fallen into |
| BREAKINGGROUND | Starting a project ... and what the letters between the starting and ending pairs of letters in each |
| ACUTABOVE | Superior to, and a hint to the first letters in 3-, 28- and 9- |
| CUTOUTOFWHOLECLOTH | Completely false, or what the letters between the circles are? |
| CATBURGLAR | Nocturnal robber or prowler performing feles- or moggy-like nimble feats of agility, stealth and feline grace to break in (3-7) |
| FORK | What the letters added to the four "stirred" words in this puzzle spell |
| ABRIDGED | Shortened, and what the letters removed from eight novels in this puzzle spell out |
