| CROPTOPS | Navel-revealing shirts, and a hint to each starred answer's first few letters |
| EARLYBIRD | First to arrive, say, or a hint to each starred answer's first few letters |
| BIKINI | Navel-revealing suit |
| MIKINI | Navel-revealing suit |
| CROPTOP | Midriff-revealing shirt |
| MESH | Revealing shirt material |
| BLINDSIDES | Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| COINTOSS | Fifty-fifty flip, or a hint to each starred answer's first four letters |
| ALLSWELL | "We're doing OK!" ... or, read differently, a hint to each starred answer's first word |
| FIRSTDANCE | Traditional start of a wedding reception, or a hint to each starred answer's opening letters |
| SIDEBAR | Article accompaniment, and a hint to each starred answer's location and missing word |
| GOONABENDER | Binge, or a hint to each starred answer's body part and two letters above it |
| TITLECHARACTERS | *Many protagonists, and a hint to the four letters that make up each starred answer's first word |
| OPENINGDAY | Annual ballpark occurrence, or a hint to the first few letters of each starred entry |
| MINCEMEAT | Holiday pie choice, and a hint to each starred answer's hidden anagrammed word |
| INVISIBLEHAND | Unseen market force, or a hint to what can follow each starred answer's first word and precede its last word |
| DEADAHEAD | Directly in your path, or a hint to what can precede each starred answer's first word |
| DROPPEDCALL | Telecom company's concern, or a hint to each starred answer's word-spanning connection descriptor |
| WOODGRAIN | Tree texture, or a hint to each starred answer's pair of hidden words |
| SHORTCHANGE | Treat unfairly, or a hint to each starred answer's scrambled last word |
