| TRIMLEVEL | Options package for a new car, and what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| GEARSHIFTS | Automatic functions in most cars, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| RECITAL | I let it out of the car and what a performance! (7) |
| KIT | Package for a model plane |
| TTOPS | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| WINDOWCLEANER | Order new car and old wine for glass worker |
| ACROGEN | New car and one must accept end of Stirling Moss, say |
| SACCHARIN | New car, and cash in alternative sweetener |
| FAILURETOLAUNCH | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| LEADINGQUESTION | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| MAKETHEBED | Complete a morning chore, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue can do |
| STUFFIT | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| WILDFLOWERS | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| FOURQUARTERS | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| MAN | It forms a superhero when added to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| FATHERFIGURES | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| SINKORSWIM | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| DOWNSIZING | Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| SPA | Place to enjoy the kinds of pampering found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
