| PALINDROMES | What the ends of the answers to all the starred clues are |
| POCKETS | Keeps for oneself ... or features of the answers to all the starred clues |
| YOURETHETOP | Song that mentions the answers to all the starred clues |
| SHAKESPEARE | He coined the answers to all the starred clues |
| FLAGS | What the answers to all of the starred clues have |
| NUTSANDBOLTS | Essentials, or what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are |
| TOMTOMCLUB | "Genius of Love" band, or what the answers to the starred clues are members of? |
| COMINGINHOT | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| CROSSREFERENCES | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| SEVENLETTERS | * The answers to the starred clues are all drawn from a certain set of them |
| STATECAPITALS | What the answers to the starred clues are each anagrams of |
| BORNLOSERS | Ones fated to fail, or what the answers to the starred clues are, initially? |
| PETPROJECTS | Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| CDPLAYERS | Successors of cassette decks ... or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| GAMESPEOPLEPLAY | 1970 Grammy-award winning song by Joe South... or a description of the answers to all of this puzzle's starred clues |
| FOODCHAIN | Hierarchical system ... or what is formed when the answers to the starred clues are placed end to end |
| TEAMPLAYERS | Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of |
| SEALEDWITHAKISS | Love letter message often accompanied by a lipstick mark, and what the answers to the starred clues are, thanks to their circled letters |
| HOLDINGHANDS | Showing affection publicly, or what the answers to the starred clues are doing |
| ANIMALINSTINCTS | Inherent behaviors, or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
