| CHOPPYWATERS | Rough sailing, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| CHOPPYSEAS | Rough sailing conditions |
| CHANGEOFFORTUNE | Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| COMEDANCING | Kinks hit about the local palais, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| RELIGIOUSLEADERS | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| BODYLANGUAGE | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| CHANGEAGENT | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| SAMESEXCOUPLES | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| WRAPPARTIES | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| DANCEMOVES | Moonwalk, running man, floss, et al., and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| RUNAROUND | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| GARDENVARIETY | Run-of-the-mill, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| EXTRAINNINGS | Ballgame extenders ... and what can literally be found in the answers to the asterisked clues |
| MEANDMYSHADOW | Soft-shoe classic, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| TURNINGPALE | Losing color, or what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| TOPNOTES | Initial perfume scents, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| MIXINGBOWL | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| PRESIDENTSDAY | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues |
| WILDHORSES | 1971 Stones hit, or what can be found in the answers to starred clues |