| GOINCIRCLES | *Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do? |
| HOPONPOP | "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use," or what parts of 17-, 25- and 49-Across are |
| OGRE | Overcome a certain career barrier ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| BREAKTHEGLASSCEILING | Overcome a certain career barrier ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| GODOWNTOTHEWIRE | Remain uncertain until the very end, and what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| SPELLBOOK | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| MADETHEROUNDS | Checked on patients, or what the subjects of all of the starred clues did to their answers |
| SNAPCHAT | Popular mobile app ... and, as shown by circles, what the inner parts of the answers to starred clues do |
| DROPAHINT | Suggest something subtly, or what the answers to the starred clues do vertically |
| BREAKTHEICE | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| DROPTHEBALL | *Make a mistake ... and what the answers to the starred clues do, in two ways? |
| POTATOHEAD | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs . ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| LEADDOGS | Iditarod frontrunners ...or what both parts of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| POTTYMOUTH | One using crude language ... or one saying the last parts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| BOOKEND | Shelf prop ... or a hint to both parts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| SANDWICHBAR | Spot to assemble the first parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| HALFANDHALF | Coffee creamer option, or what can precede both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| MOUNTAINCLIMBER | One who encounters the last parts of the answers to the starred clues on the way up |
| CROSSREFERENCES | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| OUTANDOUT | Complete, or what can follow both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
