| SEAFOOD | Coastal fare, and what each starred clue's answer surprisingly isn't? |
| AMATEUR | Answer surprisingly mature for a dilettante |
| CRATIONS | WWII fare, and what this dinner consists of |
| SHAREACAB | Split the taxi fare ... and what the words do in 18-, 24-, 39- and 55-Across |
| PIECEOFCAKE | Simple thing to do ... and what each starred clue's answer ends with? |
| SYMBOL | Emblem...and what each starred clue's answer is, vis-a-vis its indicated letters |
| DOUBLEDAY | Big name in book publishing ... and what each starred clue's answer contains? |
| CULTUREGAP | Chasm between peoples... and what each starred clue's answer "bridges" by leaping over a black square |
| SOMEKINDOFANUT | Screwball, and what each starred answer's beginning is |
| GETSTHEAX | Is fired, and what each starred answer does |
| MIDDLESEAT | Air traveler's dread, and what each starred answer has |
| BLOWSTHEWHISTLE | Exposes wrongdoing, and what each starred answer frequently does |
| FINISHINGSCHOOL | Where a young woman once learned social skills, and what each starred answer has |
| CATCHINGSOMESUN | Enjoying a summer afternoon ... or what each starred clue's answer has been doing, based on its altered word and three letters above it? |
| LASTSHOT | First chance's opposite, or what each starred clue's answer could be? |
| REVERSECOURSE | Do a 180...or what each starred clue's answer contains |
| FALSESTART | Football penalty ... or what each starred clue's answer has, in two ways? |
| JUSTTHEOPPOSITE | Completely different, or what each starred clue is to its answer? |
| IMSHIFTINGINTO | With 58- Across, "Seinfeld" quote that hints at what each starred clue's answer can be rearranged to spell |
| CHAPTERELEVEN | #39;t want to hear ... or what each starred clue is with reference to its answer |