| PETPEEVE | Personal source of annoyance ... which might make one feel the first word of the answers to starred |
| PEEVE | Personal source of annoyance |
| TWEEZER | This could make one feel the pinch |
| UMBRELLA | Whenever you feel the first raindrop fall on your face, you think, "I'm glad I remembered to bring my ___!" |
| TOUCH | Feel the first expression of pain (5) |
| PETPEEVES | Personal sources of aggravation |
| ENDANGERS | Stops repressing one's annoyance, which is hazardous |
| SYLLABLES | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| CHESS | Word that can precede the first word of the answers to the asterisked clues |
| LANE | Highway division, and word that can follow the first word of the answers to starred clues |
| CASTINGCALL | Process for selecting theatrical performers, and a hint to the first word of the answers to starred |
| SYNONYM | What each successive starting word of the answers to starred clues is to the starting word that prec |
| SCREENTIME | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| JOBOPENING | Employment opportunity, and a hint to the first word of the answers to starred clues |
| TAILEND | Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| WIND | Word that can precede the first word of the answers to starred clues |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| BEDHEAD | Untidy waking-up hair condition, and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| STARTUPBUSINESS | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| FLATFINISH | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
