| LASTWORDS | Closing comments, or what the ends of the starred answers are |
| REARSEATS | What many sports cars lack, and, in a way, what the ends of the starred answers are |
| COURTOFLAW | Where the ends of the starred answers are filed |
| HAIREXTENSIONS | Weaves, or what the starts of the starred answers are, in a way |
| FULLOFBEANS | Energetic, or what the starred answers are |
| ATOZ | The whole nine yards, or a hint about how the starred answers are formed |
| CANTERBURYTALES | Story collection (with "The") in which the surnames in the starred answers are characters |
| HOLDINGOUT | Refusing a contract offer, or what all the starred answers are doing |
| PARFORTHECOURSE | Expected result ... or what the ends of the starred clues' answers help you achieve (on a good day) |
| ADVANCEDDEGREES | Post-college goals, e.g., or a hint to what the starred answers are progressively "awarded" |
| CUPHOLDERS | Places for drivers' drinks, and literally what the starred answers are |
| MASTERPIECES | Artistic triumphs, and what the starred answers are created from |
| GETONBOARD | "Join the team," or what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| BOMBSQUAD | Specialized unit seeking explosives ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| TRAILHEADS | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues canbe? |
| TAILBONE | Coccyx, familiarly, or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| LETTERHEAD | Stationery that may include a company logo ... or what the ends of answers to the starred clues can be? |
| TONEDOWN | Make milder, or an apt description of the ends of the starred answers |
| BREAKINGGROUND | Starting a project ... and what the letters between the starting and ending pairs of letters in each starred answer are doing? |
| ONBROADWAY | 1963 hit for the Drifters ... or where you can see the ends of the starred answers |
