| FAILURETOLAUNCH | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| CRONKITE | Former newsman in rocket mishap. (8) |
| TRIMLEVEL | Options package for a new car, and what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| STUFFIT | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| MAKETHEBED | Complete a morning chore, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue can do |
| MAN | It forms a superhero when added to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| LEADINGQUESTION | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| WILDFLOWERS | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| SPA | Place to enjoy the kinds of pampering found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| FATHERFIGURES | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| SINKORSWIM | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| DOWNSIZING | Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| FOURQUARTERS | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| PAPERTRAIL | What an auditor examines, or what either part of the answer to each of the starred clues can be |
| HITIT | "Start the music!" ... or what one could do to the finish of the answer to each starred clue |
| ITSADEAL | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| LEGOBRICKS | Toy construction pieces. or what can be found at the starts of the starred clues' answers? |
| EYEOPENER | Revelation, or what can be found at the starts of the starred answers |
| UMBRELLATERM | Expression that covers a broad category, or what is found at the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
