| TRIGFUNCTION | Mathematical element starting each answer to asterisked clues (12) |
| ZERO | A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number (4) |
| XENON | Only element starting with "X" |
| GROUP | Set of mathematical elements |
| RIVERFRONT | Area beside a waterway, as each answer to asterisked clues has (5,5) |
| SITCOM | Each answer to asterisked clues? (6) |
| SIDEHUSTLE | Secondary source of income, and what each answer to asterisked clues shows (10) |
| CARDGAME | What starts each answer to asterisked clues (8) |
| RAILSPLITTER | Abraham Lincoln nickname, and a hint to a hidden word in each answer to a starred clue |
| CHIEFJUSTICE | The end of each answer to a starred clue is a former one |
| HOLISTICDIET | Component of balanced health ... and what each answer to a starred clue looks like it should be part of? |
| ENJOY | Take pleasure in starting each new job on yourself |
| ELSE | Otherwise starting each line seems easier |
| ELBOWS | Starting each lunch break on weekdays smoking joints (6) |
| SALTARELLO | Lively dance, in triple time, with a leap starting each measure |
| KEYLESSENTRY | Modern way into a building, and what each answer to 20-, 29-, and 43-Across needs to be to match its clue? |
| ITSMINE | Ownership claim ... and a hint to the relationship of each answer to a starred clue to a word it int |
| BISCUIT | As each answer to an asterisked clue is (7) |
| EXCLAMATIONMARK | Ending for each answer to the starred clues |
| PIECEOFCAKE | Something easy, as each answer to an asterisked clue has (5,2,4) |
