| TAKEAPOWDER | Leave hurriedly ... and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can do |
| ABSCOND | Leave hurriedly and secretively |
| DANCEPARTNERS | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, e.g., and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can be |
| SEATBACKS | Spots for airline magazines ... and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can all have |
| TTOPS | Sporty car roofs, and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| JOINFORCES | Team up ... or, literally, what the last words of the answers to starred clues can do |
| TAKEABREAK | Rest ... or, literally, what the last word of the answers to starred clues can do |
| HOLDWATER | Be logical... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| TAILBONE | Coccyx, familiarly, or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| LEADDOGS | Iditarod frontrunners ...or what both parts of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| OPENDOOR | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| LEADINGLADY | Starring actress ... and literally, what the first word of 17-, 24-, 35- and 48-Acrross can have |
| SETFORLIFE | Having financial freedom ... and, literally, what the last words of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| STARTUPBUSINESS | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| OPENHOUSE | Realtor's big day ... or what each word in the answers to the starred clues can do |
| LAUNDRYLIST | Lengthy litany ... and, literally, what the ends of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| CONNECTSTHEDOTS | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| MAKETHEBED | Complete a morning chore, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue can do |
| POTATOHEAD | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs . ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| CASHUPFRONT | Seller's assurance of payment, and a hint to what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have in common |