% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Crossword clues for A clue! 3 letters

AnswerClue
YUPSlangy response to "does this puzzle have one of those bullshit 'hidden in this clue' clues?"
SUBPrefix for the answers to starred clues, and word needed for those clues to make sense
WARWhat's broken out of the answers to the starred clues?
MGSWith "the," 48-Down's band (which sounds as if it could have included the answers to starred clues)
DETClue gatherer: Abbr.
AIRWord that can precede each half of the answers to each of the eight starred clues
BARJudging by their names, where the answers to the four starred clues might be found?
ASPSymbolic Egyptian snake, which includes the start of a hint to the answers to starred clues
VAROccasional crossword clue tag: Abbr.
DEFPuzzle clue: Abbr.
PUNMany a crossword clue
KEYEach answer to a starred clue ends in one
DEFCrossword clue, often: Abbr.
ETCList abbr. (and what's hidden in the answers to this puzzle's four starred clues)
TENNumber of clues in this puzzle that contain factual inaccuracies
BATWeapon in the game Clue
MLBSports org. for the players that begin the answers to starred clues
BOXShipping supply that links the answers to starred clues
VARCrossword clue abbr.
SPARoom in the game Clue
DEFCrossword clue: Abbr.
TECClue collector, slangily
ENDApt answer for this clue
GRRCanine warning that the answers to starred clues have in common, initially
JAMClue for four puzzle answers
VANMoving sight (and word that "moves" within the answers to the five starred clues)
BOXWith 1-Across, Time-Life Records product ... and, in a way, what each of the answers to starred clues is
TBSCable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues
ENDWith 1-Across, a football play, or an apt description of what's hidden in the last part of the answer to each starred clue
KEYClue for 19- and 59- Across, and 9- and 26-Down
CAPWith "and" and 40-Across, emissions-reducing method whose first word (this answer) can follow the start of the answers to starred clues
ALLClue word missing from 20-, 36-, and 55-Across
RUNClue for 18-, 24-, 52- and 62-Across
HEFMagazine mogul, familiarly, known for dressing in the sleepwear hinted at by the answers to starred clues
ONEFirst character in this clue
BEECreature found atop the apt part of each answer to a starred clue
SYNMany a crossword clue: Abbr.
SIXNumber of suspects in Clue
ENDFitting answer for this clue
SINViolation, and word that "moves" within the six starred clues
DETClue seeker: Abbr.
DEFCrossword clue: Colloq.
ENDAppropriate answer for this clue?
SUNNewspaper that published 68-Down's clue
COPYour role in this puzzle [the asterisked clues will help you crack the case]
TRYSynonym for the starts of the answers to starred clues
ANDWord usually found in the answers to starred clues
NOSClue markers (abbr.)
AIRWord that can precede either part of each starred clue's answer
HAMClue for 17-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across