| FOUREYES | Bully's name for the kid in glasses, and a hint to the asterisked clues |
| SPECTROSCOPE | Starts to test refraction options in glasses and manage light wavelength kit (12) |
| NURSERY | It's a fun place for the kids in the byres - run back (7) |
| YOUTHCLUB | Something for the kids in the early years getting stick (5,4) |
| SPECKS | First of kids in glasses getting tiny amounts (6) |
| SON | In short, number's up for the kid(3) |
| BILLYGROATS | Silver coins for the Kid? |
| THREEBEARS | Goldilocks and the ___, or a hint to the asterisked clues (10) |
| SHOOTINGSTAR | Meteor that might be wished upon ... and a literal hint to the asterisked clues' answers |
| ESTEE | Girl's name that phonetically provides the initials to the answers to the asterisked clues |
| FRACTIONAL | Insignificant, and a hint to answers to the asterisked clues (10) |
| EXTRAINNINGS | Ballgame extenders ... and what can literally be found in the answers to the asterisked clues |
| CHESS | Word that can precede the first word of the answers to the asterisked clues |
| TRUNKS | The common connection shared by the answers to the asterisked clues |
| THEBEEGEES | Stayin' Alive band; or, phonetically, a description of the answers to the asterisked clues (10) |
| BISECT | Word aptly formed by the characters deleted from the answers to the asterisked clues |
| STATEYOURNAME | Common request from a prosecutor, and a hint to the asterisked answers |
| TREES | Items hidden in the answers to the asterisked clues |
| ITSNOTRIGHT | ___ but It's Okay, Whitney Houston single; the missing part is a description of each answer to the asterisked clues (11) |
| WIG | Accompaniment of glasses and a fake mustache, in a low-effort disguise |
