| PARTOWNER | One with "a piece of the pie," perhaps (In this clue's answer, note the first four letters and the last three) |
| BERRY | Piece of the pie, perhaps |
| OCTANT | Piece of the pie, perhaps |
| FANTASIA | Faint sound initially swirls around one with a piece music (8) |
| BOATSWAIN | Word that can be shortened to four letters and two apostrophes |
| EPICENTER | *Point above a quake's origin (Note the first four letters of each starred clue's answer) |
| RANDOMIZED | Lacking order (In this answer, note the first four letters) |
| COURTHOUSE | *Place to argue a case (In this clue's answer, note the first 4 letters + the last 2) |
| SQUAREYARD | Apt unit of lawn size (In this answer, note the first 4 letters + the last letter) |
| SEASCORPION | Extinct marine arthropod (In this answer, note the first 4 letters + the last 2 letters) |
| INQUIRINGABOUT | Showing interest regarding (In this clue's answer, note the first 2 letters and the last 3) |
| NOISELEVEL | Something kept down in a library (In this clue's answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 3) |
| SLIMCHANCE | Hundred-to-one shot, e.g. (In this clue's 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) |
| LYNNE | Author of the novels The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room (5,4,5) |
| REIDBANKS | Author of the novels The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room (5,4,5) |
| HANGAROUND | Linger (In this clue's answer, note the first three letters + the last one) |
| BAJAFRESH | Tex-Mex chain (In this clue's answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 2) |
| METSU | Thought to have trained in the studio of Gerard Dou, artist noted for paintings in the fijnschilder manner including Man Writing a Letter and The Cat's Breakfast (5) |
| APEXPREDATOR | Animal that isn't preyed upon, and a hint to the first four letters of 4-, 9- and 21- |
