| CELESTIALMUSIC | Heavenly sounds, and what the answers to the starred clues could be called |
| CHRISTIANROCK | Bible camp genre, or what the answers to the starred clues could be mistaken for? |
| OURGANG | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
| IHAVENOTES | "Here's my feedback" ... and what the answers to the starred clues could say? |
| DOLLARMENU | Budget option at a fast-food joint that the answers to the starred clues could all belong to? |
| CLOSINGTIME | Store posting, and what the first words of the answers to starred clues could literally be doing |
| SINGLELADIES | Beyonce hit with the subtitle "Put a Ring on It", or what the answers to asterisked clues could be described as? (12) |
| CROSSWORDS | What interests cruciverbalists, and how answers to asterisked clues could be described (10) |
| SENSELESS | Irrational, and how answers to asterisked clues could be described (9) |
| ORGANIC | Natural, and how answers to asterisked clues could be described (7) |
| EASYONTHEEYES | Lovely to look at ... or when spoken out loud, how today's answers and clues could be regarded? |
| DEERPARK | Reserve in which starts of answers to asterisked clues could be found (8) |
| HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| BUCCLEUCH | Starts to be unusually confused - cryptic clue could be cold or hot for 14Dn (9) |
| BREAKASTORY | What an investigative journalist might do, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| GETAFTERIT | "Seize the day!," and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| FIRSTPLACE | Top spot on the podium, and what the answers to the starred clues all have? |
| BREAKTHEICE | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| GODOWNTOTHEWIRE | Remain uncertain until the very end, and what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| HUMBLEBEGINNINGS | Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |