| CAP | With "and" and 40-Across, emissions-reducing method whose first word (this answer) can follow the st |
| MUM | ___'s the word (This is a secret) |
| METHANE | 20 Across emission? (7) |
| WHITEWATER | Canoeing challenge whose first word can precede the start and whose second word can precede the end of the answers to starred clues |
| BLACKMONDAY | 1987 market crash, and this puzzle's title, whose first word can precede each word in the starred an |
| ENDOFSTORY | "That's all she wrote," and literally, what the last word of each starred answer can be |
| DESPLAINES | Two-word Chicago suburb, whose first word is the theme of this puzzle |
| MEMORIALDAY | Late-May observance, whose first word can follow each answer to a starred clue |
| GETHAPPY | Song sung by Judy Garland in "Summer Stock," and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do |
| LOSSLEADERS | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| BEFORETAX | Like gross income, and where either word in each starred clue's answer can go |
| IMSHIFTINGINTO | With 58- Across, "Seinfeld" quote that hints at what each starred clue's answer can be rearranged to spell |
| TRANSLATOR | In a manner of words, this one will get the meaning across. (10) |
| 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) |
| LOOSEENDS | Fraying result, and what the second parts of the starred answers can be |
| RINGLEADERS | Crime bosses, or what the first words of the starred answers can be |
| DRAMA | The four longest Across answers can cause it, and their last words suggest it |
| WELCOMEADDITION | Breath of fresh air ... or, literally, what the last word of eight long Across answers can be |
| GETBENT | Bart Simpson catchphrase, and what the last words of the starred clues' answers can do |
| DOWNTOASCIENCE | Implementable with expertise and expert ease ... or how the starred clues' answers can be taken? |
