| FOODCHAIN | Apt description of the sequence suggested by the answers to starred clues? |
| RST | Letter sequence suggested by the puzzle title, and found in each of the starred entries |
| ZAMBONI | Machine waiting to enter the middle of this grid, as suggested by the answers to the starred clues |
| FLIPFLOPS | Questionable political moves suggested by the answers to the nine starred clues |
| EVERYTHINGBAGEL | Breakfast order suggested by the answers to the starred clues |
| AANDE | "Ghost Hunters" channel suggested by the answers to starred clues |
| STONEAGE | Apparent setting for a two-letter comic strip suggested by the answers to starred clues |
| WHOVILLE | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| ALAMODE | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| TIMESSQUARE | Ball-dropping site, or what is formed by the answers to starred clues? |
| BIGEASY | Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares |
| TIGHTENDS | Football linemen, or an apt description of the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| COMEONDOWN | "The Price Is Right" signature phrase, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| TWISTTOPS | Easy-to-remove caps ... or one way to get the starts of the answers to starred clues? |
| WARANDPEACE | Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred |
| WORD | Kind of ladder exemplified by the answers to the seven starred clues |
| BEQUIET | "Shh!" (and a hint to the feature shared by the answers to starred clues) |
| KIDFRIENDLY | Suitable for the whole family, or an apt description of the first words of the answers to the starre |
| WHATABOUTISM | Rhetorical strategy of countering an accusation with another accusation, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| COOLWEATHER | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
