| ISNTTHATSPECIAL | Snarky response to a boast, and what can be said about the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| CROW | Boast and gloat with Oscar winner Russell, we hear (4) |
| JUSTAFLESHWOUND | Iconic line from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," or what can be said about the ends of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 52-Across? |
| THATSAKEEPER | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| SOCANI | Response to a boast |
| IBET | Sarcastic response to a boast |
| DIDIASK | Snarky response to an unwanted suggestion |
| WELLEXCUSEME | Snarky response to criticism |
| ITSGROWINGONME | "I wasn't sure at first, but ...," or what could be said about the ends of 16-, 26-, and 44-Across? |
| HAH | Snarky response |
| ITSADEAL | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| THATSRICH | "You're one to talk!," or what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| THATSANORDER | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| THEVIBESAREOFF | "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |
| NOTWOSOUNDALIKE | What's odd about the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| YOUREMUTED | Heads-up at a web conference ... or a possible comment about the ends of the starred clues' answers? |
| ITSALLINTHEMIND | Sports psychologist's mantra ... or what can be said about the last word of 16-, 21-, 33- or 49-Acro |
| YOUREMISSINGOUT | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| ITSNOTHING | Another way to say "Don't mention it," or what can be said about each of the circled entries |
| ELEMENTARY | Holmes' comment about the ends of the four other longest Across answers? |
