| ESSES | This clue and its answer have three each |
| TEXTBOOKEXAMPLE | Classic demonstration, and a way to describe the relationship between each starred clue and its answer |
| PROBLEM | There's one in each starred clue and its answer |
| ETYMOLOGY | What the two words in each starred answer have in common with each other |
| SAINTANDREWS | University and its answer to change (5,7) |
| FROMTOPTOBOTTOM | Totally how to enter answer for this clue and the one before (4,3,2,6) |
| IVY | This clue and why they say it could go with 14 (3) |
| NUMBERED | Such is this clue - and all the rest! |
| TWELVE | This clue and one more to get a dozen (6) |
| DOWN | Like this clue (and many others) |
| LIEDOWN | Line that is unlike this clue and rest (3,4) |
| TURNAROUNDTIMES | * Sega? (Hint: Read each starred clue differently and interpret its answer as an instruction) |
| DAYS | Three each week must have been bad in this movie (4,4,4) |
| FOUR | Three each week must have been bad in this movie (4,4,4) |
| GOOD | Three each week must have been bad in this movie (4,4,4) |
| BASKETBALL | Dawn Staley's autobiography will be published on May 20; it chronicles her road to winning six Olympic gold medals in this sport, three each as a player and coach |
| ANAGRAM | Each asterisked clue vis-a-vis its answer |
| JUSTTHEOPPOSITE | Completely different, or what each starred clue is to its answer? |
| CHAPTERELEVEN | #39;t want to hear ... or what each starred clue is with reference to its answer |
| CENTERPIECE | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
