| AFTERDARK | At night ... and where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go |
| AFTERLIFE | "Field of Dreams" subject, and where both parts of the answers to starred clues can go |
| GRAYSCALE | Range between white and black, and where the starts of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 53-Across can be found |
| POPUPMENU | Right-click result, often, and where the starts of 18-, 24-, 38-, and 49-Across can be found? |
| OPPOSITEDAY | Period when everything is backwards ... and where the starts of 20-, 27- and 45-Across might be found? |
| BEFOREHAND | In advance, and, literally, where the starts of the answers to starred clues might go |
| ONTHELINE | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 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 |
| CASHUPFRONT | Seller's assurance of payment, and a hint to what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have in common |
| LEADINGLADY | Female box office star, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| FREEATLAST | End of an iconic speech ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues can have? |
| TAILEND | Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |
| WATERFRONT | Like oceanside resort property ... and what the starts to the answers to starred clues can have? |
| STARS | The show where celebrities dance to win a trophy (or what you're doing if go outside at night and move to the 1A): "Dancing with the ___" |
| PHOTOFINISH | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| FOLLOWINGORDERS | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| POTATOHEAD | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs . ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| DANCEPARTNERS | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, e.g., and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can be |
| BEDHEAD | Untidy waking-up hair condition, and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be |