"Gotcha!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues

"I'll take complete credit, thanks"

"Spoon River Anthology" poet Edgar Lee __

"That's a lie!"

"That's the word on the street"

"There, there"

"Things Fall Apart" novelist Chinua

"To repeat ... "

"When pigs fly!"

"lol"

*"Olly olly oxen free" game

*Book series with a character in red-and-white stripes

*Document in some pirate stories

*Presentation tool that doubles as a cat toy

A5 and Q5 automaker

Actress Thurman

Aspartame alternative

Attitudes

Blues guitarist __ James

Café or thé lightener

Cleveland team

Colorful carp

Cooing sound

Covers with sheets?

Cozy quarters

Daytona 500 org.

Decide (to)

Demolition letters

Diarist Anaïs

Drawer handles