Dictionary source for each asterisked clue in this puzzle

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Answer:

RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED

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Writer who was the source of all the words with asterisked clues in this puzzle
Intrepid [Editor's note: This clue appears in heavier type (without the asterisks) in the print version of the puzzle. AcrossLite can't handle that, so just imaging that it's written in darker type.]
Term for each of the 15 asterisked theme answers in this puzzle
"Forget it!" (and a clue to this puzzle's theme)
Source of this puzzle's quip
How to unravel the answers to this puzzle's asterisked clues
The only grading letters that appear anywhere in this puzzle (other than the present clue)
Like the Oscars ... or the answers to this puzzle's seven asterisked clues?
Economic term named the 2011 Word of the Year by the Oxford English Dictionary...and a description of 6 squares in this puzzle
Clue for four puzzle answers
State after being coldcocked (and a clue to this puzzle's theme)
Clue to this puzzle's theme
Clue for this puzzle's four longest answers
Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue
Some sewing machines (and clue to this puzzle's theme)
Org. found in the answer to each asterisked clue
Source of money that's "spread" in nine puzzle answers
Your role in this puzzle [the asterisked clues will help you crack the case]
Phenomenon observed in receding galaxies ... and in the answers to this puzzle's asterisked clues?
Many a puzzle clue ending in "?"
Diving rotation, and the clue for four puzzle answers
Like the answers to this puzzle's 12 asterisked clues?
Valley girl's "yeah, right" [IMPORTANT: SEE THE 'NOTE' (above) for key info about this week's puzzle and SEE THE LAST CLUE DOWN for the explanation of last week's puzzle.]
First clue in this puzzle
Oxford American Dictionary's 2012 word of the year, and the key to this puzzle's theme