| FLIGHTLESSBIRDS | They're at the beginning of the answers to 18-, 39-, and 60-Across |
| FIRSTDRAFT | Preliminary version of a writing composition ... or how to describe the beginning of the answers to each of the starred clues? |
| FINE | Word that can precede the last parts of 18-, 39- and 59-Across and 3- and 26-Down |
| NONONO | Words that can precede the last words of 19-, 39- and 60-Across |
| HENRYFIELDING | British novelist whose most famous protagonist can be found at the beginning of the answers to the s |
| FALSESTARTS | Track meet infractions ... or short words hiding at the beginning of the answers to starred clues |
| PARTWO | Common miniature golf goal ... or a hint to what's found in 17-, 39- and 60-Across |
| TVSITCOMS | What 18, 39 And 49-Across have in common |
| MIXEDDRINKS | Cocktails, and what 18-/39-Across and 24-/54-Across literally are? |
| ITSATRAP | Warning cry... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to the five starred clues |
| ONYOURFEET | "Stand up!" ... and a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| SINGULAR | Atypical ... or like the first word in the answer to 18-, 24-, 51- or 62- Across |
| LIPSAREMOVIN | 2014 top 10 hit for Meghan Trainor, and what's happening at the beginning of the answer to each star |
| KICKSTARTS | Reinvigorates, as an economy ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| EDU | URL ending associated with the beginnings of the answers to the six starred clues |
| FIVEGUYS | Burger chain hinted at by the beginnings of the answers to asterisked clues (8) |
| WINDOWS | The Times still available? They're at the front of the shop ... |
| GARDENVARIETY | Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| LANDINGS | They're at the top of the stairs (8) |
| AUTOMATES | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
