| PAPERTRAIL | What an auditor examines, or what either part of the answer to each of the starred clues can be |
| GOONAHEAD | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| DEADEND | Cul-de-sac ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| PICKAPART | Thoroughly examine ... or what 30-Across, 4-Down and 9-Down do? |
| CHECKMATE | Ultimate goal of chess...or what either member of a chess-loving couple might call each other |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| WHITEMATTER | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| HIGHEND | Deluxe ... or what the last words of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| RUNNINGMATE | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| FIRSTDRAFT | Preliminary version of a writing composition ... or how to describe the beginning of the answers to each of the starred clues? |
| BLACKTOPPED | Paved over, and what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| LETTERHEAD | Stationery that may include a company logo ... or what the ends of answers to the starred clues can be? |
| EYEOPENER | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| AFTERMATH | Consequence, and where the ends of the answers to the starred clues can be found |
| TEAMMATES | Players on the same side ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can be |
| REDCROSS | Organization with three Nobel Peace Prizes ... or what "corrects" the answer to each of the starred clues |
| TRAILHEADS | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| HEADSTART | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| HEADFIRST | Impetuously ... or what can go on each part of the answer to each starred clue? |
| BUILDUP | Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue |
