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___ numerals (what the initial letters of the answers to the five starred clues all are) ___-specific (like the answers at 1-, 41- and 73-Across) "Apt" geographical element needed to complete the answers to 10 of this puzzle's clues "Gosh" ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues "He'll give you the answer that you endorse," according to song "Me," found inside the answers to 17-, 33-, and 51-Across "Pick me! I know the answer!" call "Remember what I said!" ... and a hint to what can follow each part of the answers to starred clues "Shh!" (and a hint to the feature shared by the answers to starred clues) "Stop that!" ... and a hint to the answers to 17-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across "The answer's right in front of you!" "The Answer" of the NBA "The first word of the answer to each of the six starred clues describes the number of that clue," e.g. "War is not the answer" people "What's the answer already?!" "Whoa! Do that somewhere else!" ... which hints at what can be shared by the beginning and end of the answers to starred clues *The answers to the starred clues (including this one) form a continuous one-its connections are created by the end of one answer and the start of the next *Whom "I'm in love with" in an Ames Brothers song, and a hint to what the answers to starred clues contain #1 hit by the Byrds ... or directions for reading the answers to this puzzle's starred clues (always clockwise as indicated) 12 in the title of a 1995 Bruce Willis film [NOTE: This puzzle contains twenty 12s, nineteen of which are in the clues. Can you find the lone 12 that's hidden in the answers? It's plainly visible, reading across or down. (Hint: It's not six letters long. 16 of these are hidden in the answer grid, each reading left, right, up, down or diagonally in an unbroken straight line 19th-century American doctrine suggested by the phrase formed by the first words of the answers to starred clues 1936 Prokofiev work, and hint to parts of the answers to starred clues 1968 Troggs Top 10 hit, and a hint to the hidden puzzle theme in the answers to starred clues 1970s-'80s sitcom, and what the answers to starred clues all can be 1979 song for which Donna Summer won a Grammy, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in the answers to starred clues 1980 Blondie chart-topper, and what's needed to make sense of the answers to starred clues 2012 Olympics locale, with a hint to the ends of the answers to the six starred clues A kind of it begins the answers to starred clues A type of one begins the answers to starred clues Add vertical line 1 (word 1) and vertical line 15 (word 3) and enter the answer to the resulting clue on this line Add vertical line 15 (word 1) and vertical line 1 (word 3) and enter the answer to the resulting clue on this line Add vertical line 9 (word 2) and vertical line 7 (word 2) and enter the answer to the resulting clue on this line Agenda ... or, together, what the seven starred clues and their answers constitute? Agents "hiding" in the answers to starred clues Animal "lost" inside the answer at 20-Across Animal "lost" inside the answer at 36-Across Animal "lost" inside the answer at 41-Across Appropriate way to go today, which can precede the answers to starred clues Attach, perhaps with hardware that begins the answers to starred clues AWOL chasers ... or a hint to the answers to the six italicized clues Balance organ that's literally found in the answers to starred clues Ball-dropping site, or what is formed by the answers to starred clues? Basics of business, or a hint to the end of the answers to starred clues Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? Beneficial activity that ends the answers to starred clues Bettor's concern, which can follow each half of the answers to starred clues Bible book where you can find the ends of the answers to starred clues Biblical cargo, or what makes up the answers to starred clues Bide one's time, and a word that may precede the answers to starred clues Big finish, and what the first words of the answers to starred clues can be Blackjack player's option ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? Bond common to the answers to the six starred clues Born 9/7/1909, he directed the answers to starred clues Brand protection whose symbol appears within the answers to 17-, 23-, 57-, and 63-Across, each of which also carries such protection Briefly, one is aptly placed in the grid in the answer to each starred clue Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues Caesar, e.g. (or each of the answers to the starred clues?) Caller's device, and word that can precede the ends of the answers to starred clues Canine warning that the answers to starred clues have in common, initially Cat sound found in the answer at 10-Down Cat sound found in the answer at 17-Across Cat sound found in the answer at 27-Down Cat sound found in the answer at 63-Across Cause a sensation, or what the first words of the answers to starred entries may do Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starred clues Classic novel of 1,000 pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred clues Clothing embroidery, maybe, and a hint to finding the "insiders" in the answers to starred clues Come down in buckets; also, when applied in sequence to the answers to starred clues, this puzzle's theme Complete freedom ... and a hint to each half of the answer to each starred clue Confection that can start the ends of the answers to starred clues Continue with the fun, and a hint to each part of the answers to starred clues Corporate division, informally ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues Correcting, in a way ... or what would need to be done to remove the things hidden in the answers to starred clues? Cruise ship game ... or how to start each of the answers to starred clues? Cry evoked by the first parts of the answers to 17-, 24-, 41- and 52-Across? Cuddly toys, or what can be found at the two-letter "head" and "tail" of the answers to starred clues Day of the wk. that "moves" through the answers to this puzzle's starred clues Decisive confrontations ... or what the answers to the six starred clues are? Delete from the answering machine Diner order found "sandwiched" around the answers to starred clues Dismissal, and a hint to how the answers to starred clues were derived Dog breed, a type of which begins the answers to starred clues Dr. Seuss book ... or a description of the answers to the three starred clues Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue Each of the titles in this puzzle's theme answers, e.g. Easily angered, or what the answers to 3-, 5-, 9- and 15-Down appear to be? Easy, and what this puzzle's theme answers literally are Espresso order, or what each word pair in the theme answers synonymously represents Exciting inning ender, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues Fairway clubs ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 17-, 24- and 45-Across and 10- and 37-Down Family relations, and what the first words of the answers to starred clues can have Fans' disapproval, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues Feature of the answers to starred clues February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues Find the answer to Find the answer to, as an equation Food found in the shapes at the ends of the answers to starred clues Football linemen, or an apt description of the last words of the answers to starred clues Former Atlantic crosser (and what's spanning two words in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues) Friend in the highest place in the answer at 11-Down Friend in the highest place in the answer at 26-Down Friend in the highest place in the answer at 30-Down Friend in the highest place in the answer at 6-Down Fruit that can be the source of the starts of the answers to starred clues Game suggested by the ends of the answers to starred clues Game where one could land on the answers to 17-, 21-, 40-, and 59-Across Game where the ends of the answers to starred clues are commonly heard Garment that can follow the starts of the answers to starred clues Girlish hairstyle (and what the starts of the answers to starred clues are?) Given moment, which can begin both parts of the answers to starred clues GOP member found inside this puzzle's theme answers (abbr.) Grate, with "get," or what this puzzle's theme answers get Green Bay Packer fans ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues Guesses "true" when the answer is "false" Gush (over) ... or sounds shared by the answer to each starred clue H.G. Wells classic, and a hint to this puzzle's theme found in the answers to starred clues Handy person suggested by the starts of the answers to starred clues Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does? Hidden DVD feature ... which can be found, literally, in the answers to the starred clues Highway division, and word that can follow the first word of the answers to starred clues Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle Hosp. parts ... or what the answers to the six starred clues each have twice How breakfast may be served ... or how the answers to the eight starred clues should be entered? How the answer to this goes How the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all appear How the other theme answers created this one? How to unravel the answers to this puzzle's asterisked clues Humanitarian symbol, and a hint to what happens where the answers to starred clues intersect Idiot "surrounding" the answer at 17-Across Idiot "surrounding" the answer at 27-Across Idiot "surrounding" the answer at 42-Across Idiot "surrounding" the answer at 55-Across Illicit exam aids, and places where the first parts of the answers to starred clues can be found Impetuously ... or what can go on each part of the answer to each starred clue? In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... Incursions ... or, phonetically, what the answers to starred clues contain Insincere type suggested by the starts of the answers to starred clues Invitation info ... or two alternate endings for the starts of the answers to 18-Across, 10-Down and 24-Down Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue It can follow both parts of the answers to the starred clues It celebrates National Day on October 1 (and it's where the answers to starred clues were invented) It follows the answer to each starred clue It forms a superhero when added to the start of the answer to each starred clue Item for Gil Grissom's team--one begins the answer to each starred clue Item literally useful in reading the answers to 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across Jacqueline Susann novel, and the problem with some of the answers in this puzzle Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take Kind of exam, with a hint to the answers to the four starred clues Kind of ladder exemplified by the answers to the seven starred clues Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues Lag, and a hint to what the starts of the answers to starred clues have in common Language that gave us the words heard phonetically in the answers to the starred clues Law officer, and word that can follow the starts of the answers to starred clues Light element, and a hint to how the answers to starred clues have been inflated Like many a teen boy ... and like the starts of the answers to starred clues? Like the answer to this clue Like the answers at 6-Acr. and 31-Acr. Like the answers to starred clues before they were edited for content? Like the answers to the 10 asterisked clues, more often than any other English words, according to a 1999 study Like the answers to this puzzle's 12 asterisked clues? Like the initial letters of the answers to the six starred clues, on "Wheel of Fortune" Like the Oscars ... or the answers to this puzzle's seven asterisked clues? Like the starts of the answers to the six starred clues Links warning, and a prefix with the second word of the answers to starred clues List abbr. (and what's hidden in the answers to this puzzle's four starred clues) Literary monogram found in the answers to the nine asterisked clues Location for the ends of the answers to the four starred clues Longfellow classic containing a code that is represented within the answers to the asterisked Down clues Longtime Prego slogan ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues Look at the answers beforehand Looks at the answers beforehand, e.g. Lose when you should have won, and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues Magazine mogul, familiarly, known for dressing in the sleepwear hinted at by the answers to starred clues Mark that appears four times in this puzzle (hint: the baseball player who's the answer to this puzzle uses one, too) Medium for "The Answer Man" Mil. detainee who may reveal only the starts of the answers to starred clues Milieu of "The Answer Man" Mischief-makers (you'll find seven of them in the answer grid) MLB team, familiarly (and what's missing from the sequence found in the answers to starred clues?) Mood, and a literal feature of the answer to each starred clue Moral lapse that is reflected literally by the answers at 17-, 24-, 46- and 54-Across Moving sight (and word that "moves" within the answers to the five starred clues) Musical direction, and a hint to the quiet meetings taking place in the answers to starred clues Natural wrap enclosing the answer at 20-Across Natural wrap enclosing the answer at 28-Across Natural wrap enclosing the answer at 42-Across Natural wrap enclosing the answer at 50-Across New York resort area, and what the answers to starred clues are Noggin, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues Noise brought into the answers at 21- and 48-Across, and 3- and 31-Down Nonreactive elements, and what are hidden in the answers to 17-, 26-, and 47-Across Number of tiles per Scrabble set for the letter at the end of the answer to each starred clue One asking questions he already knows the answers to One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the four starred clues One with all the answers-or in one case, questions Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? Org. found in the answer to each asterisked clue Out of sorts ... or what completes the answers to the nine starred clues