| ZEROTOHERO | Overnight sensation's trajectory (the last 2 letters in this answer ...) |
| MECHAGODZILLA | Robotic monster of Japanese kaiju movies (Note the first 2 letters in this answer) |
| HANSZIMMER | Composer who won an Oscar for 2021's "Dune" (First 2 letters in this answer + last 4) |
| OSCARWILDE | Dorian Gray's creator (Note the last two letters in this answer + ...) |
| STYLIZED | Last two letters in listed novel written in non-naturalistic way |
| SEASCORPION | Extinct marine arthropod (In this answer, note the first 4 letters + the last 2 letters) |
| NEMESES | Archenemies (note the last 2 letters of this clue's answer ...) |
| NOTRE | ___ Dame (Note the last 2 letters of this answer + ...) |
| DRIP | What melting icicles do (Note the last 2 letters of this answer + ...) |
| PIZZASTONE | Baking apparatus for crispier crust (... first 2 letters + the last 2 letters) |
| GALAXYRING | Samsung device worn on a finger (... first 2 letters + the last 2 letters) |
| LOSESSTEAM | Falls far behind the race leader, perhaps (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 2) |
| TONEPOEMS | Storytelling orchestral pieces (In this answer, see the first 2 letters + the last 2) |
| BAJAFRESH | Tex-Mex chain (In this clue's answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 2) |
| BELINDACARLISLE | Lead singer of the Go-Go's (In this answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 2) |
| BUDABBOTT | "Who's on First?" comic (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 2) |
| CANADAPOST | Ottawa-to-Halifax shipping option (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 2) |
| SPEARHEADED | Led (In this answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 2) |
| LATERALPASS | Throw to the side, say? (see the last 4 letters in this answer ...) |
| RAMBLIN | "___ Man" (The Allman Brothers Band song) (Note the last 4 letters in this answer + ...) |
