| PIGLATIN | What four puzzle answers need to be written in |
| FORSTARTERS | "To begin..." and what the theme answers need in order to make sense |
| PARAGRAPH | It needs to be written up that fighter is linked to plot (9) |
| OSSIA | Alternative to Italian music ___ answer is thus to be written in reverse (5) |
| COVERAGE | Extent of news about to be written in pen (8) |
| DUSTY | Does such an answer need cleaning up? (5) |
| GOTTHEHOOK | Was yanked offstage ... or what four puzzle answers did, in a way |
| UPENDED | Flipped ... and what four puzzle answers are? |
| TAKINGASPIN | Enjoying the new car ... or what four puzzle answers are literally doing |
| RENTACAR | Wheels on loan ... or, as the circles show, what four puzzle answers have done? |
| TURNSOFPHRASE | Distinctive ways to express things, or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle could be said to constitute |
| TRIMTHETREE | Do some holiday decorating ... and what you need to do to four puzzle answers to produce familiar phrases? |
| ANYTAKERS | "Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-a-vis the answers next to them |
| ENDING | Conclusion ... or, in three parts, what four answers in this puzzle unexpectedly do |
| CAPS | What your answers must be written in to understand the theme |
| RADIOHEAD | "In Rainbows" rockers, and a hint to what changes four puzzle answers |
| EXCHANGINGRINGS | Sharing in a symbol of commitment ... or what four rows in this puzzle are doing to form new phrases |
| PAYTHEBILLS | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| CUTFROMTHESAMECLOTH | Having similar qualities ... or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle are? |
| SWITCHEDONTHETV | Got ready to bingewatch ... or a hint to phonetic changes in four puzzle answers |
