| FLATFINISH | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| PIE | Dessert choice, and what the starts of 16-, 25-, 46- and 59-Across are types of |
| CLINTON | Politician with the memoirs "Hard Choices" and "What Happened" |
| POTATOHEAD | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs . ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| PHOTOFINISH | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| JUMPSTART | Battery boost and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| STARTUPBUSINESS | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| TAILEND | Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| BEDHEAD | Untidy waking-up hair condition, and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| FRESHSTART | New beginning, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues can literally have |
| FOLLOWINGORDERS | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| BANKOPENING | 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be |
| TAKEABREAK | Rest ... or, literally, what the last word of the answers to starred clues can do |
| SYLLABLES | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| LANE | Highway division, and word that can follow the first word of the answers to starred clues |
| DANCEPARTNERS | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, e.g., and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can be |
| AHEAD | In the future, or, when spoken with a long starting vowel, what the last word of the answers to starred clues can have |
| CHESS | Word that can precede the first word of the answers to the asterisked clues |
| SYNONYM | What each successive starting word of the answers to starred clues is to the starting word that prec |
