Possible Clues:

• With 38 Down, Trudeau, Marchand, and Pelletier
• Astrologers reversing downfall after final change of direction
• Think-tank, perhaps, with retribution almost up
• Trio of gift givers
• Gifted travelers?
• New semi originally put people up for spells?
• Biblical trio ... and a homophonic hint to the answers to starred clues
• Bethlehem visitors
• Nativity-scene features
• Bethlehem visitors find retri­bution, returning with one change of direction