| COMPASSPT | Briefly, one is aptly placed in the grid in the answer to each starred clue |
| ZZTOP | Famously bearded band (which is aptly placed in this puzzle) |
| HOUSEMAIDSKNEE | He kissed a mum, briefly - one is swinging for joint tenderness (10,4) |
| MIDMORNING | Coffee break time ... and a hint to an abbreviation aptly placed in each answer to a starred clue |
| CLOTH | Fabric (which is underneath the grid, in this puzzle) |
| POLEPOSITION | Front of the grid in F1? (4,8) |
| DIAGRAM | Picture forming a grid in the morning (7) |
| RETICLE | Grid in the eyepiece of an optical instrument |
| CHANGEOFHEART | Attitude shift, and the shift found in five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| TWISTOFLEMON | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| DOWNFEATHERS | Warm winter coat contents ... or what is present in the answer to each starred clue? |
| GRAINOFSALT | Quantity applied to dubious advice, and what's found in the answer to each starred clue |
| MUSICAL | There's one in the answer to each starred clue (7) |
| SELFREFLECTION | Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred clue |
| CHANGEPURSE | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| CHANGECOLOR | What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue |
| DESSERT | There's one in the answer to each asterisked clue (7) |
| KINDOFBLUE | Classic Miles Davis album; one can be found in the answer to each asterisked clue (4,2,4) |
| MIXINGBOWL | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| GENETICMUTATION | Change studied by evolutionary biologists, or what can be found in the answer to each starred clue? |
