| ITSONTHEHOUSE | Words from a friendly bartender, and a description of the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across |
| WHOVILLE | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| ALAMODE | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| AGEDIFFERENCE | 83, for the creators of this puzzle ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 60-Across |
| SOUNDSFISHY | That doesn't seem right, or a description of the ends of asterisked clues? (11) |
| TONEDOWN | Make milder, or an apt description of the ends of the starred answers |
| ITMEANSALOTTOME | "I'm deeply indebted" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 64-Across |
| BREAD | Moolah ... or the makeup of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| GOODPOINT | "Your argument makes sense," and a feature of the ends of four Across answers |
| GROUCHO | Funny Marx, and a hint to the puzzle theme in the starts of 17-, 25-, 51- and 64-Across |
| FAHRVERGNUGEN | Literally meaning "driving enjoyment," slogan once used by the maker of the ends of 20-, 31- and 41- |
| CUSP | A point as one of the ends of a crescent |
| TOSCA | Puccini title soprano whose name is an anagram of the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| BRATS | Baby-sitting nightmares ... or relatives of the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| TAMES | Breaks ... or an anagram of the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle |
| COMPUTERNERD | One who might use one of the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| VEGHEAD | Person who doesn't eat meat, informally, and a feature of 17-, 25-, 51-, and 62-Across |
| HAMLET | Speaker of the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| GIRLS | Little ones who, they say, are made up of the ends of this puzzle's four longest entries |
| QUIDDITCHPLAYER | Fantasy sports enthusiast, or what each of the ends of answers to asterisked clues is (15) |
