| WHERES | With 61-Across, radar trap question ... and a hint to what can precede each part of the answers to 3 |
| HOT | All the rage - and a word that can precede each part of 20-, 39-, and 56-Across |
| WHATSTHESPREAD | Bettor's question, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| OUTOF | Phrase that may precede each part of 18- and 58-Across and 3- and 25-Down |
| POWERPLAY | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| THEXFACTOR | Hard-to-define element, or a hint to what can precede each last word in answers to starred clues |
| MARKMYWORDS | "Remember what I said!" ... and a hint to what can follow each part of the answers to starred clues |
| PARTYON | Continue with the fun, and a hint to each part of the answers to starred clues |
| BOOKENDS | Simon & Garfunkel album, and a hint to what can precede and follow the halves of the starred answers |
| DEADAHEAD | Directly in your path, or a hint to what can precede each starred answer's first word |
| DOUBLE | Clone, or what can precede each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| BLACKANDWHITE | Clear-cut, and what each part of the answers to the starred clues can follow, respectively |
| FIRESIDES | Warm, cozy places ... and a hint to what can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| DOUBLETAKE | Surprised reaction ... or a hint to what can precede both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| PHOTOFINISH | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| AIR | Word that can precede each half of the answers to each of the eight starred clues |
| OPENDOOR | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| POTATOHEAD | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs . ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| PLAYINGWITHFIRE | Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue |
| PAPERTRAIL | What an auditor examines, or what either part of the answer to each of the starred clues can be |
