| TIMEAFTERTIME | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| URGE | To ask repeatedly and in earnest |
| BOWANDSCRAPE | Go on the fiddle repeatedly and be ingratiating (3,3,6) |
| BADGER | Seek to persuade, repeatedly and annoyingly (6) |
| CHOPCHOP | Use a cleaver repeatedly and promptly (4,4) |
| HARPS | Talks repeatedly and tediously about / large upright roughly triangular musical instruments played by plucking with the fingers |
| PEA | Some speak, repeatedly, and appeal for kids" ammunition (3) |
| LAMBENT | Glowing, hit repeatedly and forced into shape |
| HARP | Large, upright roughly triangular stringed musical instrument / talk repeatedly and tediously |
| ASUSUAL | Recalled large articles about America repeatedly and predictably |
| ACTOFTREASON | Perform repeatedly and excuse betrayal. (3,2,7) |
| POUND | Hit repeatedly and hard |
| FOODFORTHOUGHT | Something to chew on, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| CRACKTHECASE | Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| DOWNINFRONT | Cry to one blocking your view at a concert ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| INITIALREACTION | Off-the-cuff response AAÂ… and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| DOUBLEPLAY | Out-and-out defensive gem? (and a hint to the answers to the starred clues) |
| STILLIRISE | Classic Maya Angelou poem ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| BELLBOTTOMS | Popular 1970s attire, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| FIRSTSTRING | Like the starting team, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
