| HOLDINGOUT | Refusing a contract offer, or what all the starred answers are doing |
| BREAKINGGROUND | Starting a project ... and what the letters between the starting and ending pairs of letters in each starred answer are doing? |
| MUSICNOTES | Symbols on a score, or what all letters in the starred clues' answers could be |
| HOWCANIRESIST | "Is that an amazing offer or what?" |
| YOURETHETOP | Song that mentions all the starred answers |
| BIPARTISAN | Contract offer is blindly loyal to one side in agreement involving more than one party (10) |
| BIT | Contract offer |
| BID | Contract offer |
| HAIREXTENSIONS | Weaves, or what the starts of the starred answers are, in a way |
| REARSEATS | What many sports cars lack, and, in a way, what the ends of the starred answers are |
| LASTWORDS | Closing comments or what the ends of the starred answers are |
| ATOZ | The whole nine yards, or a hint about how the starred answers are formed |
| ADVANCEDDEGREES | Post-college goals, e.g., or a hint to what the starred answers are progressively "awarded" |
| PALINDROMES | What the ends of the answers to all the starred clues are |
| CANTERBURYTALES | Story collection (with "The") in which the surnames in the starred answers are characters |
| FULLOFBEANS | Energetic, or what the starred answers are |
| CUPHOLDERS | Places for drivers' drinks, and literally what the starred answers are |
| COURTOFLAW | Where the ends of the starred answers are filed |
| MASTERPIECES | Artistic triumphs, and what the starred answers are created from |
| BREAKINGBAD | Hit AMC crime drama starring Bryan Cranston ... and what the words in the starred clues' answers are doing, literally? |
