| BERKELEY | Town that can precede both 15 and 16 down |
| GOGETTERS | Overachievers, and a hint to a word that can precede both words of the starred answers |
| OUTOF | Words that can precede both parts of this puzzle's six longest answers |
| RUBBER | Word that can precede both words of |
| HOT | Word that can precede both parts of the starred clues' answers |
| FIRESIDES | Warm, cozy places ... and a hint to what can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| SUPERCOUPLE | Jay-Z and Beyonce, for one ... or a hint to what can precede both words of each starred clue's answer |
| BACKTOBACK | Like a doubleheader ... or each starred clue's answer, based on what can precede both its parts? |
| DOUBLEHEADER | Ballpark marathon, or hint to what can precede both parts of each starred answer |
| DOUBLETAKE | Surprised reaction ... or a hint to what can precede both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| HALFANDHALF | Coffee creamer option, or what can precede both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| HANDPRINT | Turkey's body in a kid's art project, maybe (Theme hint: What can precede both words in each starred clue's answer?) |
| MVP | Stephen Curry was one in '15 and '16 |
| LONGISLANDLOCKS | Section of the Rideau Canal with three vessel lift stations which are numbered 14, 15 and 16: 3 wds. |
| ICE | Word that can precede both the first and second parts of 17-, 26-, 44-, and 59-Across |
| TAX | See 1-Down, and word that can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| WATER | Word that can precede both parts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 60-Across |
| BABYONBOARD | Driver's alert about an infant, and a hint to what can precede both words of 17-, 24-, 34- and 46-Across |
| WORK | 2016 #1 hit for Rihanna, which can precede both parts of 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 59-Across |
| OVERANDOVER | Repeatedly, or what can precede both parts of 3-, 6-, 9-, 36- or 39-Down |
