| TAKEASEAT | Relax, and what the starts of the starred answers can do |
| LETOFFSTEAM | Release pent-up emotions, or what the starred answers can do |
| OPENHOUSE | Big event for a Realtor, or what each word in the starred answers can do |
| BUILDABEAR | Customizable toy franchise, and what a part of each starred answer can do |
| FOLLOWUP | Investigate further, and what the starts of the starred clues' answers can do? |
| GETHAPPY | Song sung by Judy Garland in "Summer Stock," and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do |
| LOOSEENDS | Fraying result, and what the second parts of the starred answers can be |
| RINGLEADERS | Crime bosses, or what the first words of the starred answers can be |
| GETBENT | Bart Simpson catchphrase, and what the last words of the starred clues' answers can do |
| AFTERSHOCK | Tremor following a quake, and where the last words of the starred answers can be found |
| RUNNINGMATE | Candidate's choice, or what both halves of the starred answers can be |
| AFTERDARK | *When night owls thrive, or where the last words of the starred answers can go |
| BLUE | Navy, e.g., or what the starred answers can be, in various ways |
| LOSSLEADERS | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| GLASSBOTTOM | Feature of some tour boats, or what the end of each starred answer can have? |
| ENDOFSTORY | "That's all she wrote," and literally, what the last word of each starred answer can be |
| SPOILERALERT | Movie reviewer's warning ... or what the last words of each starred answer can be? |
| TEAMMATES | Players on the same side ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can be |
| SPREADEM | Cop's order before frisking, and what to do with the starts of the starred answers |
| COKEISIT | Pop slogan of 1982, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
