| GLASSBOTTOM | Feature of some tour boats, or what the end of each starred answer can have? |
| DOUBLEHEADER | In 2020's MLB season, each game of one was seven innings ... and what each word of three long answers can have |
| APPLE | "Hey Jude" record label, or what the end of each starred answer is |
| CLOSECALL | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| CHANCEENCOUNTER | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| SPOILERALERT | Movie reviewer's warning ... or what the last words of each starred answer can be? |
| ENDOFSTORY | "That's all she wrote," and literally, what the last word of each starred answer can be |
| AHEADOFTIME | Early, or a hint to where each half of each starred answer can be found |
| BUILDABEAR | Customizable toy franchise, and what a part of each starred answer can do |
| WALKBACK | Retreat, as from a position ... or a hint to what can follow the end of each starred answer |
| FREEATLAST | End of an iconic speech ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues can have? |
| CASHBACK | Rebate, and, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| BOTTOMSHEET | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| WAYTOGO | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| MAKESWAVES | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| RINGLEADERS | Crime bosses, or what the first words of the starred answers can be |
| CENTRALTIME | Midwestern clock setting ... and a hint to what can follow the start and precede the end of each starred clue's answer |
| ANIMALENCLOSURE | Stable, for one ... or what's formed by the start and end of each starred clue's answer? |
| DIGIT | 'Pay attention, man!' ... and, in a different way, what the end of each answer to a starred clue refers to |
| PENNAME | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
