| KEEP | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| HOME | There's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| WATERFRONT | Harbor area, or a hint to what can precede either half of each starred answer? |
| AGROUND | On to or on a shore, reef, or the bottom of a body of water (7) |
| OUTOF | Lacking, or what can precede either half of 18-, 36- and 56-Across |
| ATOP | On, to, or at the top (4) |
| ONE | Word before and after "on," "to" or "by" |
| CAKE | Word that can follow either half of the answers to the starred clues |
| AIR | Word that can precede each half of the answers to each of the eight starred clues |
| PLAYINGWITHFIRE | Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue |
| BLANKCHECK | Complete freedom ... and a hint to each half of the answer to each starred clue |
| WATER | Word that can precede either part of the answers to starred clues |
| IMTAKEN | Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| DOUBLE | Clone, or what can precede each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| EMPTY | Containing nothing, or a word that sounds like the initials of the answers to the starred clues |
| WHITEMATTER | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| AGENDA | List of tasks to be attended to; or, a schedule of matters to be discussed at a meeting (6) |
| BLACKTOPPED | Paved over, and what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| HEARING | Faculty of auditory perception; an audience; an opportunity to be listened to; or, a type of judicial investigation without a jury (7) |
| JELLY | What quivering legs feel like ... or a word that can precede the starts of 17-, 27-, 45- and 60-Acro |
