| MIDDLESEAT | Air traveler's dread, and what each starred answer has |
| FINISHINGSCHOOL | Where a young woman once learned social skills, and what each starred answer has |
| ENDGAME | 2019 Avengers movie, or what each starred answer has |
| ZODIACSIGNRHYME | What each starred answer has |
| SEASIDE | Coastal region, or what each starred answer has? |
| HEADSTART | Advantage in a race, or what each starred answer has? |
| INSIDETRACK | Advantageous position, or what each starred answer has |
| FINALPAPER | Essay due at the end of the school year, or what each starred answer has |
| GETSTHEAX | Is fired, and what each starred answer does |
| BLOWSTHEWHISTLE | Exposes wrongdoing, and what each starred answer frequently does |
| SOMEKINDOFANUT | Screwball, and what each starred answer's beginning is |
| OUTSIDERS | They're not in the in-crowd ... and read differently, what each starred answer has two of |
| SEAFOOD | Coastal fare, and what each starred clue's answer surprisingly isn't? |
| PIECEOFCAKE | Simple thing to do ... and what each starred clue's answer ends with? |
| DOUBLEDAY | Big name in book publishing ... and what each starred clue's answer contains? |
| SIDEHUSTLE | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| BOW | What each of the starred answers has |
| CENTRALBANK | The Federal Reserve, e.g., or what each of the starred answers has |
| CULTUREGAP | Chasm between peoples... and what each starred clue's answer "bridges" by leaping over a black square |
| SYMBOL | Emblem...and what each starred clue's answer is, vis-a-vis its indicated letters |
