| CLINTEASTWOOD | Star of a movie hinted at by the ends of 23-, 34-, and 39-Across |
| FIGHTCLUB | 1999 Brad Pitt movie hinted at by the beginnings of 17-, 21-, 39- and 52-Across |
| LEAD | Main star of a movie |
| CELEB | Brief star of a movie? |
| LEADS | Top-billed stars of a movie |
| TERMINATOR | With "The," Schwarzenegger film released 10/26/1984, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in the first words of 17-, 34- and 39-Across |
| PAPERPRODUCTS | Print material, and a hint to the starts of 19-, 34- and 39-Across |
| JULYFOURTH | Annual date when the starts of 17-, 34-, and 39-Across are particularly prominent in the U.S. |
| WAX | Spa treatment hinted at by the ends of 17-, 27-, 44- and 55- Across |
| QUADRUPLEDOUBLE | Basketball feat hinted at by the ends of 17-, 23-, |
| ROOM | 2003 cult film known as the "'Citizen Kane' of bad movies," with "The" |
| MIDDLECHILD | Sibling who stereotypically feels left out, and a hint to the little one hiding in 17-, 23-, 34- and |
| SOMETHINGSFISHY | "Hmmmmm ..." [as hinted at by the three groups of black squares in the middle of the grid] |
| LETAFOOL | Part 1 of a maxim by Publilius Syrus, hinted at by the series of circled letters |
| ILL | "'Tis an ___ cook that cannot lick his own fingers": "Romeo and Juliet" |
| SUSPECT | The "who" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this qua |
| WEAPON | The "what" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this qu |
| STOPLIGHT | Signal hinted at by the first parts of 17-, 31- and 46- Across |
| HOWL | Poem hinted at by the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| PISAITALY | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
