| RAISEEMUP | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| CLINK | Sound of touching glasses in a toast (and a hint to finding the contest answer) |
| BRUSCHETTA | A toast and thunderous applause starts after Schubert composition (10) |
| CHEERS | A toast and 1980s TV sitcom (6) |
| TAKETHAT | "So there!" ... or what you can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| ADDSALT | Recipe direction ... and a literal hint to what you can do to the starts of the answers to starred c |
| SHOOT | What you can do to the last words of the answers to starred clues, with "the" |
| GETCRACKING | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| MAKEAFACE | Grimace, and what you can do by putting the ends of the starred answers together |
| BURN | "Hamilton" song about destroying love letters, or what one can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| GETONBOARD | "Join the team," or what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| BEATIT | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| STUFFIT | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| PUTONESFOOTINIT | Make a faux pas, or what you can do to the answers of each asterisked clue (15) |
| TIMESHARES | Some vacation condo arrangements ... or a hint to what can follow the starts and precede the ends of the starred clues' answers |
| LOWRIDERS | Cars close to the ground, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| DOWNTOWN | City center, and a hint to what can follow the ends of the starred answers |
| WHATSYOURBEEF | "Why do we have a problem?"... and a hint to the ends of the starred clues' answers |
| DOWNTOASCIENCE | Way to have something you've mastered, and a hint to the ends of the starred clues' answers |
| FINDGOD | Have a religious conversion, and what you can do in this puzzle's longest answers |
