| LEADDOGS | Iditarod front-runners ... or what both parts of the |
| DOG | Iditarod front-runner |
| LEAD | Iditarod front-runner |
| LEADDOG | Iditarod front-runner |
| INCLOSING | Finally, or what both parts of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across have? |
| WINTERENDS | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| FISHHEADS | 1978 novelty song with the line "Eat them up! Yum!" ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues can be |
| ARREARS | Unpaid debts ... or, read differently, what both parts of the answers to starred clues have? |
| CROSSREFERENCES | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| TEAMPLAYERS | Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of |
| ILLFOLLOWTHESUN | Beatles song, or what both halves of the starred answers might say |
| RUNNINGMATE | Candidate's choice, or what both halves of the starred answers can be |
| SHOE | One of a pair of matching items either handcrafted in the trade of cobblery/cordwainery or mass- produced; or, something reminiscent of this in shape or use, such as a hoof plate, sled runner or wheel |
| CODEWORDS | Encrypted terms, or a hint to the first two letters of both parts of the starred answers? |
| HALFANDHALF | Coffee creamer option, or what can precede both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| OUTANDOUT | Complete, or what can follow both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| BOOKEND | Shelf prop ... or a hint to both parts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| LEADINGLADIES | Front runners in the women's marathon or the stage version (7,6) |
| LAYREADERS | Heads of the congregation positioning Ray among the front runners (3,7) |
| HORSEPLAY | Roughhousing, or a hint to both parts of the answers to starred clues |
