Crossword puzzle clue "strategy for improving a business through downsizing and a literal description of the letters dropped from this puzzle's businesses"

Strategy for improving a business through downsizing ... and a literal description of the letters dropped from this puzzle's businesses

Person who's ready and able to help ... or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle

Popular browser extension ... or a literal description of four black squares in this puzzle

Summer amusements ... or a literal description of three answers in this puzzle

Climactic show ending, and a literal hint to this puzzle's circled letters

Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle

Relocation aid, and a description of its progress through this puzzle

Subject of an annual March 14 celebration and of this puzzle, celebrated in both a literal and a numerical way in the first square of the starred answers, reading left to right