| BANKOPENING | 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be |
| NYSE | 9:30 AM weekday bell ringer |
| SECONDSHIFT | Afternoon-to-evening work period, typically ... and a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer |
| RUNTRUETOFORM | Behave typically and nurture stray cat with efforts heartily welcomed (3,4,2,4) |
| DISCUS | Field athletics event typically seventh in the decathlon (6) |
| MENOPAUSE | Event typically occurring in one's late 40s or early 50s |
| PROM | Springtime event, typically |
| DANCEPARTNERS | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, e.g., and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can be |
| TEAMMATES | Players on the same side ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can be |
| ONTHELINE | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| TAILEND | Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| FISHHEADS | 1978 novelty song with the line "Eat them up! Yum!" ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues can be |
| KICKSTARTER | Foot-operated mechanism on a motorcycle, and what the first word in each answer to a starred clue can be |
| BEDHEAD | Untidy waking-up hair condition, and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| FLATFINISH | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| TRAILHEADS | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| HEADSTART | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| MIDDLEEAR | Site of the hammer, anvil and stirrup ... and a hint to the hidden word in the answers to starred clues |
| STARTUPBUSINESS | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
