| ITSNOTRIGHT | ___ but It's Okay, Whitney Houston single; the missing part is a description of each answer to the asterisked clues (11) |
| RUNTOYOU | Oscar-nominated Whitney Houston single from the soundtrack of 1992's The Bodyguard (3,2,3) |
| MELLITUS | Word that means 'honey-sweet' that is a description of a form of diabetes |
| ALLRIGHT | Nothing left presumably, but it's okay |
| GLOBETHEATRE | In the prologue, there is a description which describes "this wooden O." What does this refer to? |
| SLAM | The missing part of Hamlet's putdown? (4) |
| WANDERER | The ___, B-side of Dion's single The Majestic which became a Top 10 hit in the US and UK when DJs preferred it to the A-side |
| DOWNTHEPIPE | How a perfect pitch comes ... or a hint to the missing parts of the circled answers |
| STARTOURS | Excursions to the A-list's homes whose second word anagrams to "routs": 2 wds. |
| CLOCK | Instrument that hints at the missing parts of certain answers in this puzzle |
| ATEN | Egyptian god that's unrelated to the A-10 conference |
| BEEN | 'I've _ to the a Mountaintop" |
| ITSONTHEHOUSE | "Your money is no good here" ... and a literal description of each answer to the starred clues |
| ITSADEAL | "Sold!" - and when divided properly, a description of each answer to the starred clues |
| BROKEN | With 49- Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| MAKESWAVES | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| ITSMINE | Ownership claim ... and a hint to the relationship of each answer to a starred clue to a word it int |
| MARGINCALL | Broker's demand that an investor cover losses... or a description of each answer on this puzzle's edges |
| COLDOPEN | Certain TV intro ... or a description of each of 12 letters in the grid (the starts of six Across entries and then six Down entries) that spell out an alternate title for this puzzle |
| MIXEDSALAD | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
