| RECORDDEAL | Prize for an aspiring musical artist, perhaps from the first word of the answer to a starred clue |
| REWARD | Honour artist perhaps from the east (6) |
| SYLLABLES | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| GOAT | Initials for the best athlete ever, from the first words of 17-, 25-, 46- and 62-Across |
| BEATLES | Group whose message song may be found from the first words of 18-, 28-, 35-, 46-, and 57-Across |
| CASTINGCALL | Process for selecting theatrical performers, and a hint to the first word of the answers to starred |
| 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 |
| GOLDMEDAL | Prize for an Olympic champion adopted from the 1904 games in St Louis onwards. signifying the first Age of Man in reek mythology (4.5) |
| 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 |
| PETPEEVE | Personal source of annoyance ... which might make one feel 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 |
| POTATOHEAD | Mr. who debuted 5/1/1952, or in a way, what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| PASS | Word exclaimed by a contestant when unsure of the answer to a quiz question; a degree without honours; or, a col/route through mountains (4) |
| WIND | Word that can precede the first word of the answers to starred clues |
| AHEAD | In the future, or, when spoken with a long starting vowel, what the last word of the answers to starred clues can have |
| BEDHEAD | Untidy waking-up hair condition, and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
