| EVERYTIMEI | Start of the answer |
| MAN | It forms a superhero when added to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| STUFFIT | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| LEADINGQUESTION | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| MAKETHEBED | Complete a morning chore, and what the start of the answer to each starred due can do |
| TRIMLEVEL | Options package for a new car, and what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| FAILURETOLAUNCH | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| AFTERMARKET | Secondary business venue, as for auto accessories ... and, literally, where the starts of the answer |
| BOARDGAME | Entertainment found at the start of the answer to 17-, 21-, 27-, 45- or 54-Across |
| BLOWIT | Lose when you should have won, and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues |
| KEEPONHAND | Make available, as merchandise ... and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues |
| OILCHANGE | Jiffy Lube service, andahint to the start of the answers to starred clues |
| GIMME | Tot's sassy demand ... or a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues |
| ITSADEAL | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| HITIT | "Start the music!" ... or what one could do to the finish of the answer to each starred clue |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| PAPERTRAIL | What an auditor examines, or what either part of the answer to each of the starred clues can be |
| WISECRACK | Witticism ... or, literally, a description of the answer to each of the four starred clues? |
| MANDA | Abbreviated term for the consolidation of companies, or a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| SYLLABLES | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
