| MIXEDGREENS | Salad choice, and a description of the first words of the starred clues' answers |
| KICKSTARTER | Crowdfunding choice, and a hint to the beginnings of the starred answers |
| MINCEMEAT | Holiday pie choice, and a hint to each starred answer's hidden anagrammed word |
| MIXEDFRUIT | Sweet snack, and a description of the first words of the starred answers |
| SWINGSET | Playground equipment ... or a description of the first words of the starred clues? |
| KIDFRIENDLY | Suitable for the whole family, or an apt description of the first words of the answers to the starre |
| ONTHEFENCE | Phrase meaning "torn between decisions" whose first seven letters are an anagram of the first seven of "ten of hearts": 3 wds. (Theme answer: The first word is the opposite of the first word of 25-Acr |
| ITSINTHEBAG | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| FLATFINISH | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| LINEDANCING | Honky-tonk activity, and a description of the first parts of 20-, 34- and 41- Across |
| ROLLCALL | Attendance check, and a hint to the puzzle theme in the first words of the starred answers |
| BACKTRACK | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| NOSETOTAIL | Waste-free diet ... and the progression of the last words of the starred clues' answers |
| DOVETAILS | Fits together nicely . . . or a description of the last words of the starred clues' answers, when read in order? |
| SILENTPARTNER | Investor with a limited role ... or the unpronounced letters in the first words of the starred clues' answers, collectively? |
| XMARKSTHESPOT | Treasure-indicating phrase, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| ITSJUSTAPHASE | Parental comment about a teen's rebelliousness, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| OPENINGBELL | Exchange ringer, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| FAIRYTALEENDING | Grimm fate? ... and a hint to the last words of the starred clues' answers |
| LEADBELLY | *"Goodnight, Irene" singer (Note: The first words of the starred clues' answers form a sequence) |
