| THELONG | With 63-Across, all that needs to be said, or a hint to what's found in each starred answer |
| THELITTLETHINGS | They're what really count, so it's said ... or a hint to the multilingual answers to the starred clues |
| THATSTHAT | There's nothing more to be said or done (5,4) |
| ENDOF | That's all that needs to be said (Informal) |
| BEFORETIMES | Pre-apocalyptic period in some sci-fi stories ... or a phonetic hint to what's found in each starred clue's answer? |
| NONO | Something that mustn't be said or done (2-2) |
| SPORTSWASHING | Country's use of athletics to distract from rights abuses, and what can literally be found in each starred answer |
| INCH | Short measure found in each starred entry |
| REPROOF | Criticism of what's been said or done (7) |
| INCLINEDPLANE | Ramp, and what's found in each set of circles |
| ODDJOB | Miscellaneous household task, and what's found in each set of circles |
| SHREDDEDWHEAT | Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| GOLDENHORDE | 13th/14th-century Mongol Empire region ... and an elemental hint to what's found twice in each answer to a starred clue |
| USTOO | "We also want in!" ... and a phonetic hint to what's found in the starred clues' answers |
| KITKATMINIS | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle |
| SEENANDNOTHEARD | What children should be, proverbially ... or, when read as 5 parts, a hint to a letter in each starred answer |
| WHOMOVEDMY | Business fable with two mice...or a hint to a word hidden in each starred answer |
| DOUBLECROSS | Betray ... or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| BACKUPPLANS | "Just in case" arrangements, and a hint to the word hidden in reverse in each starred answer |
| LETDOWN | Bummer - and a hint to what's found in five answers |
