| KICKSTARTER | Foot-operated mechanism on a motorcycle, and what the first word in each answer to a starred clue ca |
| RAILSPLITTER | Abraham Lincoln nickname, and a hint to a hidden word in each answer to a starred clue |
| LETTER | Both words in each answer to a starred clue begin and end with the same one |
| FIREANDRAIN | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| GREEKLETTER | One spans two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| WORLDLEADER | Summit attendee, and what the first word can be in each answer to a starred clue |
| INNERCIRCLE | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| SYLLABLES | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| HIDDENBALLTRICK | Diamond gambit, or a hint to a different concealed word found in each answer to a starred clue |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| THETUBE | Set in a den, slangily ... or, initially, what can be found in each answer to a starred clue |
| MIDMORNING | Coffee break time ... and a hint to an abbreviation aptly placed in each answer to a starred clue |
| GOLDENHORDE | 13th/14th-century Mongol Empire region ... and an elemental hint to what's found twice in each answer to a starred clue |
| THATHURTS | Pained expression, and a hint to two cries hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| RELEASE | An album, film, news item, song etc made available to the public; a setting free; a control mechanism on a camera's shutter; or, the opening of a steam engine's exhaust valve (7) |
| TAKE | A synonym for the puzzle's title; it may precede the first word in each of the starred entries |
| APPROPRIATE | A synonym for the first word in each of the starred entries, as well as for the puzzle's title |
| STATE | What the first word of each long Across answer Is VlS-a-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| MOTTO | What the first word of each long Across answer Is VlS-a-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| TAILEND | Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
