| SCALENOTE | What each of the seven starred entries' answers begins with |
| SHORTSUBJECTS | Some films, or, academically, what's hidden in the seven starred entries |
| FOLLOWINGTHE | With 58-Down, a patient process? ... or a hint to two consecutive letters in the answer to each of the seven starred clues |
| ICS | Pair in each of the seven longest answers |
| HIGHEND | Top-of-the-line, and what each of the four longest puzzle answers begins with? |
| ONION | Each of this puzzle's four longest answers begins with one |
| CONSONANT | Something each of this puzzle's answers begins with |
| RAINBOW | What the starts of the answers to the seven starred clues constitute |
| IRISHCOUNTIES | What the answers to the seven starred clues all are or |
| LIE | This clues answer begins with the letter W, for example |
| ITSADEAL | "You're on!" - and a hint to answering the seven starred clues |
| OOHS | Cries of delight, and what each of the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| TRUCKDRIVER | What each of the answers to the starred clues once was |
| HALLOWEENMOVIE | What each of the theme entries (including this one) begins with |
| CENTRALBANK | The Federal Reserve, e.g., or what each of the starred answers has |
| HOLDSWATER | Makes logical sense...and what each of the answers to the starred clues does? |
| HORSERACE | What the puzzle's title refers to; the first parts of the starred entries, in clue order, give the order of the top three finishers |
| HOST | Emcee: the circled letters of the starred entries, in clue order, spell out the name of the late star of the puzzle's title show |
| CENTEROFMASS | Certain point of concentration, in physics ... and what each of the starred clues' answers has? |
| DEC | Last mo., and what each of the theme entries starts with |
