| JUMPSTART | Battery boost and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| LEGUP | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| POTATOHEAD | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs . ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| PHOTOFINISH | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| FLATFINISH | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| FRESHSTART | New beginning, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues can literally have |
| COMMONFRONT | United stand ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues literally can have |
| STARTUPBUSINESS | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| FOLLOWINGORDERS | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| STRINGSATTACHED | Proposal conditions ... and what the first parts of the answers to starred clues all can have |
| RUNNINGMATE | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| MARKMYWORDS | "Remember what I said!" ... and a hint to what can follow each part of the answers to starred clues |
| PAPERTRAIL | What an auditor examines, or what either part of the answer to each of the starred clues can be |
| ITSADATE | "I'm there!" ... and hint to the first part of the answers to starred clues |
| HEADSTART | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| BLACKANDWHITE | Clear-cut, and what each part of the answers to the starred clues can follow, respectively |
| OPENDOOR | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| PARTYON | Continue with the fun, and a hint to each part of the answers to starred clues |
| HALFDOME | Granite formation in Yosemite, or what can literally be found on either end of the answers to the starred clues |
| RUNAROUND | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
