Crossword puzzle clue "mate and a hint to the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers"

Mate, and a hint to the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers

R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers

Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers

Insincere talk, and a hint to the starts of this puzzle's four other longest entries

Computer malady (and what can follow the starts of the four longest puzzle answers)

"Dog the Bounty Hunter" network, and a hint to the theme in this puzzle's four longest answers

Court term, and hint to this puzzle's four longest answers

Noble gas, and a homophonic hint to how this puzzle's four longest answers are formed