| DREAMSHAKE | Signature post move of Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon ... or an apt description of the circled letters in the grid? |
| BAYMARE | Secretariat's mother, for one ... whose start is a state nickname for the state indicated by the cir |
| SORES | Post-move woes |
| USNA | Alma mater of Basketball Hall of Famer David Robinson: Abbr. |
| DRJ | Nickname of Basketball Hall-of-Famer Erving |
| HONDO | Nickname of Basketball Hall of Famer John Havlicek |
| KIDFRIENDLY | Suitable for the whole family, or an apt description of the first words of the answers to the starre |
| ALAMODE | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| TIGHTENDS | Football linemen, or an apt description of the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| COOLWEATHER | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| SWINGSET | Playground fixture, or an apt description of the beginnings of the starred clues |
| TONEDOWN | Make milder, or an apt description of the ends of the starred answers |
| BUILDUP | Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue |
| WHOVILLE | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| PHONETIC | Like the alphabet that includes the answers to the starred clues ... and an anagram of the eight cir |
| IMDOWN | "Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| INTHEZONE | Focused and feeling unstoppable, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| MADEOFSTONE | Cold-hearted, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| SLAMA | Phi ___ Jama (dunking nickname of Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler's college hoops team) |
| SOLOPROJECT | Venture undertaken after leaving the band . . . or an apt description of each of the works with italicized clues |
