| RANDOMIZED | Lacking order (In this answer, note the first four letters) |
| PARTOWNER | One with "a piece of the pie," perhaps (In this clue's answer, note the first four letters and the last three) |
| EPICENTER | *Point above a quake's origin (Note the first four letters of each starred clue's answer) |
| SEASCORPION | Extinct marine arthropod (In this answer, note the first 4 letters + the last 2 letters) |
| SQUAREYARD | Apt unit of lawn size (In this answer, note the first 4 letters + the last letter) |
| COURTHOUSE | *Place to argue a case (In this clue's answer, note the first 4 letters + the last 2) |
| GEAR | Word that's "shifted" in the first four letters of the four longest answers |
| VERMONT | State whose last four letters are the first four letters of its capital |
| TOPS | First-rate (using the first four letters of the starred entries) |
| BACKBOARD | Hoop holder, and a hint to the first four letters of each asterisked answer |
| OPTS | Chooses (using the first four letters of the starred entries) |
| KRIS | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| BELINDACARLISLE | Lead singer of the Go-Go's (In this answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 2) |
| LOSESSTEAM | Falls far behind the race leader, perhaps (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 2) |
| BUDABBOTT | "Who's on First?" comic (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 2) |
| THATSAFIRST | "Just when I thought I'd seen everything!" (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 4 letters) |
| TOMATOPASTE | Red ingredient in meatloaf (In this answer, note the first letter + the last 4) |
| CHAINSTORE | Mall anchor, often (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 3) |
| RUNFOROFFICE | Seek a seat (In this answer, note the first letter + the last 3 letters) |
| STONEVENEER | Rocky facade (In this answer, note the first letter + the last 4 letters) |
