| RADIOEDIT | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| YOUYOUYOU | *Whom "I'm in love with" in an Ames Brothers song, and a hint to what the answers to starred clues c |
| ATLAST | Etta James song, and a hint to the final letters in both words of the starred clues' answers |
| TEARAPART | Rip to pieces, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| SEEDCAPITAL | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| ANTEUP | Poker request, and a literal hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| SWAPMEET | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| DAILYJUMBLE | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| ITSASIN | Pet Shop Boys song, and a hint to parts of answers to asterisked clues (7) |
| GWEN | Welsh feminine given name meaning white or holy, shortened version of a name in Arthurian legend (4) |
| YINANDYANG | Chinese philosophical forces, and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| CANIGETANAMEN | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| TUMBLEWEEDS | Drifters in some Western scenes and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| REMIX | Extended dance version of a pop song, for example |
| ABRIDGEMENT | A shortened version of a span by fellows at last |
| LASTDANCE | Oscar- winning Donna Summer song, and a hint to the starred answers' ends |
| CHOPPEDLIVER | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| ETC | List abbr. (and what's hidden in the answers to this puzzle's four starred clues) |
| SHAPESHIFTERS | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| LYRIC | Part of the text of a pop song (5) |
