| ITSATRAP | Warning cry ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to the five starred clues |
| KICKSTARTS | Reinvigorates, as an economy ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| AGES | A very long time ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| ONYOURFEET | "Stand up!" ... and a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| SAYCHEESE | "Smile!" ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the five starred clues |
| RECCENTER | Community sports facility ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| LOWKEY | Casual ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| BITTEREND | R? aA€A¦ or a hint to the answers of the five starred clues |
| FIRSTDRAFT | Preliminary version of a writing composition ... or how to describe the beginning of the answers to each of the starred clues? |
| EYE | Storm center ... or, phonetically, letter that can precede the ends of the answers to the five starred clues to spell popular devices |
| HOLDWATER | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| TBS | Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| KICKSTARTER | Crowdfunding choice, and a hint to the beginnings of the starred answers |
| PRNDL | Quintet representing the ends of the answers to the five starred clues |
| JAYZ | Rapper whose name hints at the extremities of the answers to the five starred clues |
| BUTTERFLY | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| BEACHCOMBING | Looking for stuff in the sand, or a hint to the beginnings of 20A, 33A, and 40A |
| SPLITPEA | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| AUTOMATES | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| BEATIT | "Get lost!," and a hint to the beginnings of the three longest entries |