| WHERETHE | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| ONTV | Exciting place to appear |
| HOTELS | House-lets exciting places to stay (6) |
| HAIRSALON | Permanent place, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| FIRESIDES | Warm, cozy places ... and a hint to what can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| BACKLOT | Studio filming place, and a hint to the starred answers hidden figurative synonyms |
| BACKBURNER | Low-priority place, and a hint to the starred answers' indicated letters |
| COKEISIT | Pop slogan of 1982, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| BEACHFRONT | Coastal strip of land, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| EARTHQUAKEDRILL | Practice exercise for a seismic event, and a hint to the starts of the starred clues' answers |
| BUZZWORDS | Snazzy jargon, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| CLOCKFACES | Their third hands are their second hands, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| SEVENSEAS | Global group, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| CANOPENER | Soup preparer's need, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| BEARDOWN | Put in extra effort, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| GAMECHANGER | Industry-disrupting idea, or a hint to the slow transformation happening in the starts of the starred clues' answers |
| HOMEISWHERETHEHEARTIS | Phrase about feeling a strong connection to a particular place, and a hint for substituting letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| PUT | Place, and a fitting follower to the endings of the starred entries |
| BIRDSDOIT | Lyric in a Porter song that ends "Let's fall in love," and a hint to the starts of the starred answe |
| DOWNSIZES | Scales back, or a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
