| WHITEHOUSEDOG | What the answer to each of the six starred clues starts with |
| MIXEDMETAPHOR | Answer to each of the six starred clues, literally |
| SCRAMBLED | With 105-Across, what the answer to each starred clue starts with |
| MAANDPA | Rural couple ... or what the respective halves of the answers to the four starred clues start with |
| COLUMNS | The answers to starred clues start with kinds of them, and are arranged in them |
| STOP | "Freeze!" ... or, when broken into three parts, how the answer for each of the six starred clues goe |
| CARMENSANDIEGO | International thief hiding in either 20-, 26- or 44-Across (Follow her trail by reading all the clues' starts!) |
| HARDC | What 'clue' starts with |
| PLEAD | Claim clue starts with participle (5) |
| MIDDLEOFTHEROAD | Not extreme, like the answers whose clues start with asterisks |
| ELVES | What the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| HORSEAROUND | Goof off ... or what the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| PAPERTRAIL | What an auditor examines, or what either part of the answer to each of the starred clues can be |
| FIRSTDRAFT | Preliminary version of a writing composition ... or how to describe the beginning of the answers to each of the starred clues? |
| REDCROSS | Organization with three Nobel Peace Prizes ... or what "corrects" the answer to each of the starred clues |
| ITSADELIGHT | "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues |
| WISECRACK | Witticism ... or, literally, a description of the answer to each of the four starred clues? |
| AIR | Word that can precede each half of the answers to each of the eight starred clues |
| ATBOTHENDS | How the answer to each of the nine starred clues repeats |
| DOT | Preceder of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
