Solutions Hint has 20 entries with similar clues

• 3-letter words
• cueStage hint
• 4-letter words
• tipsHelpful hints
• 5-letter words
• tinctHint of color
• tracehint about english lug
• cluesHints
• 6-letter words
• nuanceHint, suggestion
• alludeto indirectly suggest or hint at something
• 7-letter words
• implieshints at
• pointerUseful hint
• 8-letter words
• bookendsVolume supporters, and a hint to the circled letters
• intheendPuzzled, need hint finally
• 9-letter words
• insinuateHint slyly
• 10-letter words
• suggestiveMildly rude, hinting at sexual matters
• badbreakupMessy end to a relationship, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares
• 11-letter words
• thirdpersonThey maybe drop hints, surprisingly concealing evidence of doubt
• intimationsHints
• insinuationAn unpleasant hint
• 15-letter words
• summerinthecityHit for the Lovin' Spoonful, and a hint to the starred answers
• extrememakeoverReality series with a "Home Edition" spinoff, and a literal hint to this puzzle's theme
• 16-letter words
• rise-to-the-baitRespond as hoped for to hints, etc.