| MAKEAFACE | Express dislike, in a way, or what you can do with the last sounds of the starred entries |
| SNEERED | Displayed dislike, in a way |
| SPLAT | Last sound of a plummeting pumpkin |
| ABSTERGENT | Cleansing sailor's flat at last sounds pressing |
| UNTIDINESS | What orderly would dislike in a mess? |
| DEBUGGING | Correcting, in a way ... or what would need to be done to remove the things hidden in the answers to starred clues? |
| DOUBLEDIP | Commit a party foul, in a way ... or what five answers do in this puzzle? |
| THREEINAROW | The first sounds of the starred entries, in clue order, give the name of a pencil-and-paper game. This is what's needed to win |
| UCLA | College home of the title team; the initial sounds of the starred entries, in clue order, spell it out |
| CPR | The initial sounds of the starred entries, in clue order, give you this lifesaving skill |
| VOLUNTEERS | Athletes at one SEC University; the first sounds of the starred entries provide a clue to the state |
| TAKETHAT | "So there!" ... or what you can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| SEESAWS | Vacillates ... or what you can do when you look at the starts of the answers to starred clues? |
| CBS | Major network identified by the first sounds of the starred entries, in clue order |
| RSVP | Abbreviation for this puzzle's title: the first sounds of the starred entries, in clue order, provide another clue |
| ACCESS | A way or means of entry; a fit of illness or emotion; or, permission to log in/on to a computer network (6) |
| BADMOONRISING | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit with the line "I see trouble on the way," or what can be found in three long Down entries |
| BEATIT | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| STUFFIT | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| UPFRONTPAYMENT | Request for some preorders ... or what you can find in the answers to the starred clues |
