| HORRORFILM | Scary showing, and the first word of each answer to a starred clue |
| SURROUNDSOUND | Home theater feature, and a hint to the puzzle theme in 19-, 22-, 32-, 46-Across and the first word |
| FALLBACK | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| ENDGAME | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| BOOK | Word that can follow the last word of each * answer |
| TOBEORNOTTOBE | Hamlet's dilemma ... with a phonetic hint for the last words of 17- and 29-Across and the first words of 45- and 63-Across |
| DUPES | 1- and 64-Across, and the first words of the four longest puzzle answers |
| CICERONE | Guide showing and explaining curiosities and antiquities of a place (8) |
| GIBBOUS | Between halfway-showing and full, as the moon (anagram of BUGS' BIO) |
| VISA | An endorsement on a passport showing and granting entry into or passage through that country |
| ITSMINE | Ownership claim ... and a hint to the relationship of each answer to a starred clue to a word it int |
| POT | Word that, when affixed to the first word of each starred answer, refers to a type of person |
| FADETOBLACK | Conclude, as a film (Note the first word of each starred clue's answer, plus the letters below that word) |
| ALTERNATIVEROCK | Nirvana genre, or a hint to the first word of each starred clue's answer |
| EYEOPENER | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| ENDROADWORK | *Sign near a construction zone (Note the first word of each starred clue's answer, and think "curling" for this one) |
| MADSPEAKER | *Person on a rant? (Theme hint: Note the first word of each starred clue's answer) |
| DIGIT | 'Pay attention, man!' ... and, in a different way, what the end of each answer to a starred clue refers to |
| BROKEN | With 49- Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| WAYTOGO | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
