| NAMECHANGE | What the 10 starred answers in this puzzle have undergone, and what's spelled out by their first letters when you unscramble their first words |
| TEST | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| SUPERBOWLSUNDAY | Setting for the answers to the 10 starred clues |
| LIFE | Word that can follow the ten starred words in this puzzle |
| SKIPJACK | Certain tuna ... or what this puzzle's 10 starred clues do |
| YMCAS | Facilities often referred to by their first letter |
| NEVERSAYDIEGO | "Don't call Maradona or Velazquez by their first name!"? |
| POSITIVEEXPERIENCES | Good things to have undergone |
| YOUR | With 71-Across, possible result of my gain ... and what four long answers have undergone? |
| ONEHUNDREDTH | Anniversary that The New Yorker is celebrating in 2025 . . . or what the answers to the italicized clues in this puzzle have been multiplied by |
| NEWSCLIPPING | Something taken out of the paper, and what's spelled out by the deleted letters in this puzzle's headlines |
| ITSUP | "The kick's in the air ..." (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) |
| FOUROFAKIND | Powerful hand, and what's spelled out by the most frequently occurring letters in the starred clues' answers |
| PHONETIC | Spelled as spoken, and what's spelled out by the sounds added to eight phrases in this puzzle when said aloud |
| TETRADS | Groups of four, and what's spelled out by the groups of four in this puzzle's theme answers |
| FRESHMEN | New college students, and what's spelled out by the first letters of the people admitted to this puzzle's colleges |
| THEYGOUPANDDOWN | What the six puzzle answers graphically represented in this puzzle have in common |
| EWOSBTI | Mix of letters which, when "unknotted," will spell out what the people in this puzzle have in common |
| BEFRIEND | Get on a first-name basis with, and what's spelled by the first letters of eight first names in this puzzle |
| MIXEDDOUBLES | Type of tennis match, and what's spelled out by the pairs of letters added to 12 phrases in this puzzle |
