The answer to “Has a thrilling opening, or what the answer to each starred clue does” in the LA Times Crossword

DWN "Don't wait or you'll miss out!" 6 ltr ACR "Forever Your Girl" singer Abdul 5 ltr DWN "I can't handle the truth!" 7 ltr DWN "I'm __ your tricks!" 4 ltr DWN "The Golden Girls" city 5 ltr ACR "The __ of the Opera" 7 ltr DWN "You beat me" 5 ltr DWN "__ ideas?" 3 ltr DWN "__ it going?" 4 ltr ACR *"I Don't Like Mondays" new wave band 12 ltr ACR *"Mighty Morphin" heroes of 1990s television 12 ltr ACR *Spinach eater who's smitten with Olive Oyl 15 ltr DWN Acting ensembles 5 ltr DWN Actress Chaplin 4 ltr DWN Astonishment 3 ltr ACR Auth. unknown 4 ltr DWN Baseball officials 4 ltr DWN Bay Area NFLer 5 ltr DWN Bay Area hub, for short 3 ltr DWN Clothes 7 ltr ACR College grounds 6 ltr DWN Continental currency 4 ltr DWN Decompose 3 ltr DWN Depose 4 ltr DWN Dishonorable 7 ltr DWN Dry, as champagne 4 ltr DWN Egyptian cross with a top loop 4 ltr ACR Failed to float 4 ltr DWN Febreze target 4 ltr DWN Fish often grilled for tacos, informally 4 ltr ACR Garden dirt 4 ltr ACR Have bills to pay 3 ltr ACR Hawaiian dance 4 ltr DWN Hay bundle 4 ltr DWN Heart rate 5 ltr ACR Heavy book 4 ltr DWN Inner selves 4 ltr DWN Japanese massage technique whose name means "finger pressure" 7 ltr ACR King, queen, or jack 4 ltr DWN Like crazy 4 ltr ACR Lithium-__ battery 3 ltr ACR Looped rope at a 31-Across 5 ltr ACR Lubricated 5 ltr ACR Lyft rival 4 ltr DWN Maroon, crimson, ruby, and the like 4 ltr ACR Mattel game with colorful cards 3 ltr ACR Mexican bucks 5 ltr DWN Noisy commotions 4 ltr DWN Office helper 4 ltr ACR Office helper: Abbr. 4 ltr ACR Official state sport of Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Texas 5 ltr ACR Online moderator, briefly 5 ltr ACR Opera solos 5 ltr ACR Other, in Spanish 4 ltr DWN Penultimate word in many fairy tales 4 ltr ACR Pundit piece 4 ltr ACR Radio band toggle 4 ltr DWN Ridge on a guitar fingerboard 4 ltr ACR Rotating roasting rod 4 ltr