| HAIRSTYLE | What you'll find at the end of each of this puzzle's longest answers |
| SILENTS | Many Greta Garbo films, and what you'll find at the intersections of four pairs of answers to starred clues |
| ROOMANDBOARD | Student's living expenses... or a description of each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| THEFIFTHELEMENT | 1997 Bruce Willis sci-fi film ... or what you'd expect to find at the end of this answer, given the last few letters of 17-, 26-, 33- and 44-Across |
| ITMEANSALOT | Statement about the end of each of nine answers in this puzzle |
| CUTS | Economies you'll find at the butcher's (4) |
| SOAP | The end of each of 20- and 56-Across and 11- and 29-Down is a popular one |
| BIOCHEMICAL | When the ends of each of its letters are connected to those above and below, a simplified schematic of a famous structure |
| HXHHXHHXHHXHHXH | When the ends of each of its letters are connected to those above and below, a simplified schematic of a famous structure |
| LOT | Great deal you'll find at sale? |
| SOS | Mayday! (and the initials of this puzzle's longest answers) |
| THREEBYFIVECARD | Common recipe box item whose name hints at an unusual property of this puzzle's longest answers |
| FASTBREAK | Basketball strategy, and a description of this puzzle's longest answers |
| FTC | Commerce minder found in eight of this puzzle's longest answers |
| ROBERTAFLACK | She scored a #1 with the hit found at the starts of this puzzle's longest answers |
| SIS | What each of this puzzle's longest entries has two of |
| EST | Guess, in brief (and what's been added to this puzzle's longest answers) |
| FINDGOD | Have a religious conversion, and what you can do in this puzzle's longest answers |
| JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by "The" |
| LAST | Final (and a word that can precede the first word of this puzzle's longest answers) |
