| COINTOSS | Fifty-fifty flip, or a hint to each starred answer's first four letters |
| GENTEEL | Affectedly polite (... this answer's first 4 letters) |
| COINTOSSES | Fifty-fifty flips |
| RANDOM | Like a coin flip or a roll of the dice |
| NOG | Short word for a drink also called flip; or, a wooden peg (3) |
| ARFARF | Spaniels' sounds (... last 4 letters + the previous answer's first 4) |
| EARLYBIRD | First to arrive, say, or a hint to each starred answer's first few letters |
| BLINDSIDES | Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| CROPTOPS | Navel-revealing shirts, and a hint to each starred answer's first few letters |
| ALLSWELL | "We're doing OK!" ... or, read differently, a hint to each starred answer's first word |
| FIRSTDANCE | Traditional start of a wedding reception, or a hint to each starred answer's opening letters |
| GOONABENDER | Binge, or a hint to each starred answer's body part and two letters above it |
| TITLECHARACTERS | *Many protagonists, and a hint to the four letters that make up each starred answer's first word |
| DEADAHEAD | Directly in your path, or a hint to what can precede each starred answer's first word |
| DROPPEDCALL | Telecom company's concern, or a hint to each starred answer's word-spanning connection descriptor |
| WOODGRAIN | Tree texture, or a hint to each starred answer's pair of hidden words |
| SHORTCHANGE | Treat unfairly, or a hint to each starred answer's scrambled last word |
| LIGHTUP | Brighten, or a hint to each starred answer's vertical continuation |
| INVISIBLEHAND | Unseen market force, or a hint to what can follow each starred answer's first word and precede its last word |
| BOYZIIMEN | "On Bended Knee" group, or a hint to the starred answers' first three letters |
