| TENSEEXCHANGE | Back-and-forth involving seven pairs of words in this puzzle's starred answers |
| ANTONYMS | Pairs of words that are opposite in meaning |
| ONE | Number of words in this clue minus seven |
| TWO | Number of words in this clue? |
| ONANDON | Endlessly (and a hint to the ends of the two words in this puzzle's starred answers) |
| DISNEY | *He won 26 Oscars, including an Academy Honorary Award (consisting of one full-sized and seven miniature statuettes) for the film depicted in this puzzle's starred answers |
| SPOONER | WA, English clergyman renowned for his transposition of the initial consonants of a pair of words in |
| MEETTHEPRESS | Interview show since 1947 ... and what this puzzle's starred answers do in two ways |
| LANDONTHEMOON | Arrive as astronauts did 7/20/69 ... and what's literally seen in seven pairs of puzzle answers |
| TRUERIB | One of the upper seven pairs of ribs in man (4,3) |
| FIRST | Leading ... and like the words in this puzzle's starred clues that will help you solve the meta |
| TYPEFACE | Kind surface reveals the form of words in this puzzle? |
| IRISHCOUNTY | One of the four that end this puzzle's starred answers |
| THEDIRTYDOZEN | 1967 war film, and an apt description for this puzzle's starred answers |
| OFFTOTHERACES | Embarking on something exciting, and a hint regarding what this puzzle's starred answers' endings ha |
| FEDUP | At one's limit, and a hint to this puzzle's starred answers |
| BUDDINGAUTHOR | Any of this puzzle's starred answers, career-wise? |
| EMIGRATION | Exodus, or a literal feature of this puzzle's starred answers |
| BREAKALEG | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| THEFOURTOPS | Motown greats, and things that finish this puzzle's starred answers |
