| TOWEL | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 51-Across an |
| SAO | With 51-Across, an island in the Gulf of Guinea |
| ATHLETES | 20- and 51-Across, e.g. |
| EMPTY | Word that can precede the last parts of 20- and |
| CABINET | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 58-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| LINEDANCING | Honky-tonk activity, and a description of the first parts of 20-, 34- and 41- Across |
| GARDEN | Word that can precede the first parts of 20 and 59-Across and 11 and 35-down |
| OFF | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 60- Across and 11- and 27- Down to form baseball ter |
| LICENSE | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 60- Across and 11and 29- |
| TRICK | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 55- Across and 11and 28- |
| PROANDCON | Debating sides, and words that can precede the first parts of 20- and 39-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| BACKTOBACK | Consecutive ... and a hint to what can follow the first parts and precede the second parts of the starred clues' answers |
| MATTER | Word that can follow the first parts of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55- Across |
| RANGE | Word that can follow the first parts of Ozark and "Everything but" and Singer's "pipes" |
| GROUP | Word that can follow the last parts of 20- and 48-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
| KEY | Fundamental, and a word that can follow the first parts of 20-, 31-, 41- and 52-Across |
| PURCELL | Baroque musician dubbed "Orpheus Britannicus" who became the organist for Westminster Abbey around the age of 20 and composed the first English opera, Dido and Aeneas (7) |
| CHEST | Word that can follow the first parts of 20-, 31-, 44- and 49-Across |
| POKER | Game that can follow the first part of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| MAN | It can follow the first parts of 20-, 38- and 54-Across to form names of comics heroes |
