| KANGAROOWORDS | Term for the answers to the starred clues (Hint: they contain "joeys") |
| LIGHTS | Word for animals' lungs, so called for their imponderousness; candles, chandeliers, Chinese lanterns, fairy bulbs, lustres, pharoses, windows or other sources of lux or, clues, hints and tips towards |
| TIPS | Clues / hints |
| DISMISSAL | Favorite time of the school day for some teachers and students, or a two-word hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| SUB | Prefix for the answers to starred clues, and word needed for those clues to make sense |
| SEEOUT | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| DONTTAKETHEBAIT | Warning for easily provoked types ... or for the answers to the six starred clues? |
| RVPARK | Place for Winnebagos ... and for the answers to the starred clues? |
| ISEE | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| TEASEOUT | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| ENDIN | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| RAFTERS | Ceiling beams, or a three-word hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| TRITE | Banal, or a three-part hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| HALLOWEEN | Occasion for the answers to the five starred clues |
| ABC | Kind of order for the answers to the starred clues |
| SILVERSCREEN | Setting for the answers to the three starred clues - appropriately enough, given their initials |
| THISISNOTATOY | Product warning label appropriate for the answers to the four starred clues |
| SUPERBOWLSUNDAY | Setting for the answers to the 10 starred clues |
| TOPROW | *Typewriter area, letterwise, for the answers to starred clues |
| DOWNGRADE | Rating reduction responsible for the answers to starred clues |