| FITZGERALD | Vocalist known for the 1944 song whose title (and first line) appears in the shaded squares |
| RAE | Carly - - - Jepsen, vocalist known for Call Me Maybe (3) |
| VALLI | 1960's-70's vocalist known for his falsetto |
| OSTENSIBLE | Presumed substantial line appears in E Nesbit novel |
| EATHUMBLEPIE | Apologise when a "Hitch" line appears in Love Story, not western |
| KIMBER | The first Great British Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid Bake-Off winner, Edd _ (6) |
| CHET | Shameless acting son of Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson (4) |
| WESSEX | She has been on Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid a Caribbean tour with her husband Prince Edward (6,6) |
| TENTOONEODDS | Big payout potential ... or a hint to the words in the shaded squares (and the clue numbers on which they begin!) |
| EYE | Take in, or what can follow the words in the shaded squares |
| MUDSLINGING | Dirty tactics, and a cryptic hint to what's happening in the shaded squares |
| WINTERARC | Season-long alternative to a New Year's resolution, or what the letters in the shaded squares represent? |
| NONKOSHER | Like the four things named in the shaded squares |
| ARTFORMS | Various creative mediums ... or a hint to variations found in the shaded squares |
| MAKEUPARTISTS | Some movie set workers ... or what you do when filling in the shaded squares? |
| MIDDLEENGLISH | Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares? |
| KITE | Flier that might be of a variety in the shaded squares |
| CHESHIRECAT | Character whose incorporeal grin prompted the quote in the shaded spaces (reading upper and then lower arcs, left to right) |
| ELIMINATE | You've got to ___ the negative, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the positive: 1944 song by Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers (9) |
| BIGEASY | Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares |
