| BIGSHOESTOFILL | What a successor may have, and a hint to three letters hidden in each starred answer |
| PRIVATEPRACTICE | What doctors can have and a drill for the lower rank - what a drama (7,8) |
| THERESA | Cameron's Downing St successor, - - - May |
| TED | With 45-Across, popular lecture series ... or a hint to three letters plus the last word of each starred answer? |
| THEBIGAPPLE | Empire State Building locale ... or a hint to three letters in 16-, 19-, 52- and 57-Across |
| BEADYEYES | Some birds' peepers, and a phonetic hint to three letters within 17-, 24-, 50- and 59-Across |
| LEMONTWIST | Cocktail garnish, and a hint to letters hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| WHOMOVEDMY | Business fable with two mice...or a hint to a word hidden in each starred answer |
| POTUS | Capital VIP, and a clue to what's hidden in three letters in each starred answer |
| BACKUPPLANS | "Just in case" arrangements, and a hint to the word hidden in reverse in each starred answer |
| ONETWOCOMBOS | Multipart boxing moves, or a hint to three vowels in each starred clue's answer |
| DONTHAVEACOW | "Relax!"...or a advice to a solver who can't figure out what's hidden in each starred clue's answer |
| EXPERIENCEPOINT | *Gaming term whose two-letter abbreviation is hidden in each starred answer (find all five examples to master this puzzle!) |
| BREAKINGGROUND | Starting a project ... and what the letters between the starting and ending pairs of letters in each starred answer are doing? |
| BALLRETURN | Bowling alley device, and a hint to the hidden word in each starred answer |
| SEENANDNOTHEARD | What children should be, proverbially ... or, when read as 5 parts, a hint to a letter in each starred answer |
| THATWASEASY | Confident post-exam assertion, and a hint to a letter pair in each starred answer |
| SECRETSAUCE | Ingredient for success, or what's hidden in each starred answer |
| REDACTED | Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle |
| LITTLEITALY | Neighborhood near SoHo, and a hint to three squares in this puzzle |
