| MANIPULATION | Often-criticized move by a central bank ... and a hint to the starred answers' last words |
| CURRENCY | Often-criticized move by a central bank ... and a hint to the starred answers' last words |
| BANKRATE | The discount rate fixed by a central bank (4,4) |
| GOLDRESERVE | Stock of bullion held by a central bank |
| ANDEAN | Central bank and college official from the Peruvian highlands (6) |
| RBI | India's central bank and regulatory body (abbr.) |
| EBERT | He often criticized the MPAA |
| SQUEALERS | Those often criticized for their singing? |
| GROWINGSEASON | Period of agricultural development, and a hint to the progression seen in the starred answers' last words |
| DIAMONDBACK | Arizona athlete, and a hint to what can follow the starred answers' last words |
| ENDZONE | Touchdown spot, or a hint to the starred answers' last words |
| CURTAIN | Agatha Christie novel subtitled "Poirot's Last Case," or what can follow the starred answers' last words |
| ACCOUNT | A chronicle, news report or other narrative; or, a business relationship between a bank and a customer (7) |
| YOYO | Toy consisting of two disks connected by a central dowel pin, and to which a string is attached - and a cultivar of Cerastium tomentosum! (2-2) |
| DEADSEA | Salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the West Bank and Israel to the west (4,3) |
| GENERALASSEMBLY | *Country club? (note each starred answer's last word) |
| TURKEYCLUB | * Meaty sandwich (note each starred answer's last word) |
| CYCLORAMA | 360 degrees scene painted on the wall of a circular room, designed to be viewed by a central spectator (9) |
| BONANZA | Good start! Got a bank and a lot of gold, too! (7) |
| ERLANGER | Parisian financier (1832-1911) after whom a bank and a city in Kentucky was named (8) |
