| MIDJULY | Today, and a hint to what the longest answers (doubly) have in common |
| DECAY | Dentist's concern, and a hint to what the longest answers have in common |
| IDO | Punch line to "What's the longest sentence in the English language?" |
| HIHI | What the longest answers have in common |
| URUR | What the longest answers have in common |
| TOTO | What the longest answers have in common |
| TTTTTT | What the longest answers have in common |
| ADS | What the longest answers each have two of |
| APRILFOOL | Cry heard today, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| FALLBEHIND | Lag, and a hint to what the starts of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| CASHUPFRONT | Seller's assurance of payment, and a hint to what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have in common |
| LOCO | Off one's rocker, and a hint to what the four longest puzzle answers have in common |
| WIMBLEDON | Annual English sports event that begins today, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| OLIVERTWIST | Dickens character (and a hint to what the *clue answers might have in common) |
| METWO | Hint to what the answers to the four starred clues have in common |
| YOUYOUYOU | *Whom "I'm in love with" in an Ames Brothers song, and a hint to what the answers to starred clues c |
| HOMESTRETCH | Hint to what the other nine longest answers have in common |
| TAILEND | Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| LOTSOFMOVINGPARTS | Complicated situation, in business jargon, and what this puzzle has at the ends of the longest answers |
| BRAKEJOBS | Garage offerings, and a phonetic hint to what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 11 and 13 do |
