| REARENDED | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| BREAKINGEVEN | Neither ahead nor behind ... and what 20-, 35- and 45-Across are literally doing |
| DOUBLEDATES | Two-couple outings ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| INGRAINED | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| PETPROJECTS | Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| WHEREITSAT | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| HANDSDOWN | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| CROSSREFERENCES | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| ANIMALINSTINCTS | Inherent behaviors, or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| THEHUNGERGAMES | Dystopian novel/film series ... or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| CDPLAYERS | Successors of cassette decks ... or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| PIGTAILS | Girlish hairstyle (and what the starts of the answers to starred clues are?) |
| FISHERMEN | What the answers to the four starred clues are? |
| SHOWDOWNS | Decisive confrontations ... or what the answers to the six starred clues are? |
| WINTERENDS | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| SANS | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| AUTOMATES | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| ABANDON | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| CARS | What the answers to starred clues are part of |
| WOODYALLENFILMS | What the answers to starred clues are (their creator turned 85 this month) |
