| PARTINGWORDS | Expression upon leaving, or what each starred clue contains |
| OFFCOLOR | Risque ... and what each answer to a starred clue contains? |
| AWW | Expression upon encountering extreme cuteness |
| PTO | Summer vacation days for employees, or what each answer to the starred clues contains |
| INNERCIRCLES | Influential groups, and what each of the answers to starred clues contains |
| JUSTTHEOPPOSITE | Completely different, or what each starred clue is to its answer? |
| REVERSECOURSE | Do a 180...or what each starred clue's answer contains |
| TWOTIMES | Betrays romantically ... or what each starred clue's answer contains? |
| CHAPTERELEVEN | #39;t want to hear ... or what each starred clue is with reference to its answer |
| BREAKSATEN | Gets two fives, perhaps ... or what each starred clue does, based on its answer's length? |
| LASTSHOT | First chance's opposite, or what each starred clue's answer could be? |
| FALSESTART | Football penalty ... or what each starred clue's answer has, in two ways? |
| FRENCHTWIST | Certain updo ... or what each starred clue's 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? |
| JOINTHECLUB | "That's exactly how I feel" ... or what each starred clue's first word can do? |
| DOUBLEDAY | Big name in book publishing ... and what each starred clue's answer contains? |
| SEAFOOD | Coastal fare, and what each starred clue's answer surprisingly isn't? |
| PIECEOFCAKE | Simple thing to do ... and what each starred clue's answer ends with? |
| NOENDINSIGHT | What each starred clue's answer has? |
| OPENSEASON | Legal hunting period, or what each starred answer does |
