| PAIROFPANTS | Trousers, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| TWOSUITER | Piece of carry-on luggage, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| STUFFEDCLAM | Seafood appetizer, and what each answer to a starred clue literally is? |
| CENTERPIECE | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| WORKOUTINTHEEND | Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| ORDERUP | Diner call ... and what the answer to each starred clue literally contains |
| SHOWSTOPPER | Dazzling theater performance, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| GLOWUP | Positive personal transformation, in slang, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has? |
| FIRESTARTER | 1980 Stephen King novel, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has? |
| COPYRIGHT | Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| BREAKSITALLDOWN | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| UPPERHAND | Advantageous position, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| CREATUREFEATURE | Monster movie, and what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| DROPSTHEMIC | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| ENDGAME | Last stage of a chess match, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| CLIMBSTHELADDER | Advances through corporate ranks ... and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| YOUTHGROUP | Ministry community for religious teens, and what the answer to each starred clue can be called |
| SIDEHUSTLE | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| PINHEADS | Ninnies, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues literally are |
