| CLUB | Social group and word that can come before the first word of |
| PRE | It can come before the first word in each starred entry |
| OMAR | Does he come before the 1st of March? |
| STOP | Word before the first word in this puzzle's theme answers |
| TURN | Word that can come before the last word of this puzzle's longest entries |
| SNOW | Word that can come before the last part of each long answer |
| SIDE | Face (and word that can come before the starts of 17-, 25-, 48-, and 62-Across) |
| LANE | Highway division, and word that can follow the first word of the answers to starred clues |
| MEAT | Substance that can come before the |
| BOX | Carton, and word that can precede the first word of answers to starred clues |
| PRIME | Steak rating, and word that can precede the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| POOL | Parlor game, and word that can follow the last word of the answers to asterisked clues |
| ICE | Zamboni-prepared surface, and word that can follow the last word of the puzzle's four longest answer |
| PETTY | Word that can come before officer, crime and cash (5) |
| CROCODILE | Word that can come before skin, tears and clip |
| TEA | Word that can come before break, party and garden |
| LOUNGE | Word that can come before music, lizard and suit |
| MOUTHED | Lip-synched, and word that can follow the first word in answers to asterisked clues |
| DEFENSE | Stadium chant, and word that can follow the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| PHONE | Caller's device, and word that can precede the ends of the answers to starred clues |
