| GARDENVARIETY | Commonplace, and what the start of 17-, 24-, 51- or 60-Across is |
| SPLITINFINITIVE | Grammatical infelicity ... or what 17-, 23-, 48- or 60-Across is? |
| PROSAIC | Cop airs broadcast that's commonplace and dull (7) |
| SINGULAR | Atypical ... or like the first word in the answer to 18-, 24-, 51- or 62- Across |
| HOLDIT | "Stop!" ... or what one can do with the start of 17-, 25-, 38-, 51- or 60-Across |
| ITTAKESAVILLAGE | 1996 Hillary Clinton best-seller, and what might be said about the start of 17-, 24-, 48- or 59-Acro |
| PHOBIA | If you have one, you may be irrationally afraid of the first words of 17-, 26-, 32-, 42-, 51-, or 60-Across |
| PIECEOFCAKE | Easy-peasy ... or a hint to the start of 17-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across |
| EXPLODINGSTAR | Supernova, or what each answer at 17-, 25-, 51-, and 60-Across is doing |
| SHOWSTOPPER | Big musical number ... or what 60-Across is to four puzzle answers? |
| DAILYPLANET | Newspaper where the first parts of 17-, 24-, 51- and 60- Across can be found |
| MIXEDSALAD | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| OPENINGDAY | Start of the baseball season ... or what the start of each starred clue is? |
| EYEOPENER | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| LEADINGQUESTION | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| MAKETHEBED | Complete a morning chore, and what the start of the answer to each starred due can do |
| DIAMONDBACK | Phoenix-based ballplayer, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| DEADEND | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| BANDLEADER | Musical conductor ... and, literally, what the start of each answer to a starred clue is |
| LOGO | What the start of each starred answer is part of, for a company that intersects that answer |
