| ANIMALSHELTER | Where a stray may stay, or what the first indicated word in each starred clue's answer is for the second? |
| POUND | Where a stray may stay |
| SIDEHUSTLE | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| IMMENSE | One million people heading for the southeast? Great! (7) |
| POLAROPPOSITES | Completely different entities ... or the pairs of indicated words in 3-, 5- and 8- Down, in terms of meaning and location? |
| SYMBOL | Emblem...and what each starred clue's answer is, vis-a-vis its indicated letters |
| PLAYTHING | Child's toy ... or what the end of each starred clue's answer is? |
| IDTAG | What a stray may lack |
| PET | A stray may become one |
| BACKBOARD | Support for a basket ... or what combines with either word in each starred clue's answer? |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| APPROPRIATE | A synonym for the first word in each of the starred entries, as well as for the puzzle's title |
| TAKE | A synonym for the puzzle's title; it may precede the first word in each of the starred entries |
| SURFZONE | Where waves break, or a description of the second word in each starred answer |
| KING | Type of leader, and a word that could precede the last word in each starred answer |
| BASKETBALL | Sport invented by James Naismith; the second word in each starred entry is a position in this sport |
| ANIMALACTOR | Moose on "Frasier," for example ... or what each of the starred clues' answers is? |
| MULLET | Hairdo whose "business in the front, party in the back" description hints at what can follow the two words in each starred clue's answer |
| KICKSTARTER | Foot-operated mechanism on a motorcycle, and what the first word in each answer to a starred clue ca |
| SLICEOFLIFE | Realistic, or the first word in each starred clue's answer? |
