| TTOPS | Sporty car roofs, and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| DANCEPARTNERS | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, e.g., and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can be |
| SEATBACKS | Spots for airline magazines ... and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can all have |
| TAKEAPOWDER | Leave hurriedly ... and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can do |
| CASHUPFRONT | Seller's assurance of payment, and a hint to what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have in common |
| BLOODTIES | Family relations, and what the first words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| PAPERBACK | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| FREEATLAST | End of an iconic speech ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues can have? |
| LEADINGLADY | Female box office star, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| WATERFRONT | Like oceanside resort property ... and what the starts to the answers to starred clues can have? |
| AHEAD | In the future, or, when spoken with a long starting vowel, what the last word of the answers to starred clues can have |
| GRANDOPENING | Ribbon-cutting event, or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| COLDFRONT | It ushers in lower temperatures ... and what the answers to starred clues can have |
| HOMEOPENER | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| SETFORLIFE | Having financial freedom ... and, literally, what the last words of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| LAUNDRYLIST | Lengthy litany ... and, literally, what the ends of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| CONNECTSTHEDOTS | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| POTATOHEAD | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs . ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| STARTUPBUSINESS | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| PHOTOFINISH | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
