| FISHHEAD | Ingredient in some Asian soup, or, literally, what each answer to a starred clue has |
| CLOSINGBELL | Day ender on Wall Street ... and, literally, what each answer to a starred clue has |
| DOUBLEDOORS | School entrances, or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue has |
| BOOTUP | Start, as a computer, and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| DOUBLEDBACK | Retreated on the same trail ... and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| FINALTOUCH | Last detail that makes things perfect ... and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| HOMEOPENER | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| DAYSHIFT | What a nine-to-fiver works ... or, literally, what each set of circled letters represents |
| DEALBREAKER | Negotiations killer ... or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue is |
| ENDGAME | Last stage of a chess match, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| PHOTOFINISH | Close call in a race, or what the answer to each starred clue has |
| TANKTOP | Sleeveless summer wear, or what each answer to a starred clue might be said to have |
| UPPERHAND | Advantageous position, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| ALTOGETHER | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| FEMALELEAD | Feature of "Alien," "Mulan" or "Clueless" ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| MASKEDMAN | Lone Ranger epithet, or what each answer to a starred clue often is |
| CATCHPHRASE | Familiar slogan ... or, based on its last word,what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| STUFFEDCLAM | Seafood appetizer, and what each answer to a starred clue literally is? |
| WHITECAP | Bit of ocean chop ... or, literally, what each part of 3-, |
| FRUITTOPPING | Dessert add-on ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
