| GETBENT | What the theme answers can do |
| ORDER | What the theme answers are in, or what they contain |
| SHADOWS | What the theme answers all have |
| MEATSUBSTITUTES | Beyond Burgers, for instance, or what the theme answers contain? |
| MISSINGLINKS | WHAT THE THEME ANSWERS COULD BE CONSIDERED (two words) |
| MIDDLEGROUND | WHAT THE THEME ANSWERS COULD BE CONSIDERED (two words) |
| ADO | "Without further ___" (or what the theme answers are missing) |
| MONOPOLYTOKENS | What the theme answers have in common |
| SPORTSBOOK | Betting establishment, and what the theme answers are literally |
| SUN | What the theme answers in this puzzle literally have in common |
| FORSTARTERS | "To begin..." and what the theme answers need in order to make sense |
| TAKEASEAT | Relax, and what the starts of the starred answers can do |
| FOLLOWUP | Investigate further, and what the starts of the starred clues' answers can do? |
| LETOFFSTEAM | Release pent-up emotions, or what the starred answers can do |
| OPENHOUSE | Big event for a Realtor, or what each word in the starred answers can do |
| BUILDABEAR | Customizable toy franchise, and what a part of each starred answer can do |
| GETHAPPY | Song sung by Judy Garland in "Summer Stock," and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do |
| SHADOWBOARD | Follow the directors to find what a lot of the answers can be found on but you need to stand back to see the big picture (6,5) |
| AEIOU | What the theme puzzle answers have in common, in order |
| LOOSEENDS | Fraying result, and what the second parts of the starred answers can be |
