| PAYUP | Settle a tab, and a feature of the answers to 3-, 6-, 10- and 30-Down |
| GAIT | Horse's pace, which can be found jumping across black squares in rows 3, 6, 10 and 14 of this grid |
| PAYSUP | Settles a tab |
| PAYS | Settles a tab |
| BREAKITUP | Stop a fight ... and a hint to a literal feature of the answers to starred clues |
| CHAOSMAGIC | Power that enables the Scarlet Witch to rewrite reality, and a hidden feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| SURROUNDSOUND | Home theater feature, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| TAINTEDLOVE | 1981 Top 10 hit for Soft Cell, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| LINCOLNCENTER | Performing arts site where ground was broken 5/14/1959, and a hint to the shared feature of the answers to starred clues |
| MAKEITADOUBLE | Bar request, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| INSIDEBET | Kind of wager in roulette, and a feature of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| RESIDENTEVIL | Horror video game/film franchise, and a literal feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| HIDDENFEES | Unexpected charges, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| MIDDAY | Noon, and a "central" feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| STANDINGOS | Enthusiastic audience reactions, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| STATEBORDERS | What the answers to three "pair" clues share, both in this grid and in reality |
| BTEAM | Subs ... or a feature of the answers to the 17 asterisked clues? |
| WIDESPREAD | Far-reaching ... and a literal feature of the answers to starred clues |
| LASTDANCE | Wedding reception finale, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
| EPICENTER | Quake's origin, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
