| BREAKALEG | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| MEETTHEPRESS | Interview show since 1947 ... and what this puzzle's starred answers do in two ways |
| CAST | Actors, and what they want to be (4) |
| ALEG | "Break ___!" (encouragement to an actor): 2 wds. |
| BLOWININTHEWIND | Bob Dylan classic, and what this puzzle's starred clues' answers' endings could be |
| OFFTOTHERACES | Embarking on something exciting, and a hint regarding what this puzzle's starred answers' endings ha |
| CATCHAFISH | Have success angling, and what this puzzle's theme answers do |
| GOGREEN | Make ecologically sound decisions, and a hint to what the starred answers do |
| THEDIRTYDOZEN | 1967 war film, and an apt description for this puzzle's starred answers |
| FEDUP | At one's limit, and a hint to this puzzle's starred answers |
| BREAKSTHEFOURTHWALL | Delivers an aside, as this puzzle's starred answers literally do |
| HAVEAHEART | Don't be cruel, and what the starred answers do |
| HAVEASHOT | Might succeed, and what the starred answers do |
| HAVEABALL | Enjoy oneself, and what the starred answers do |
| KCABEMOC | What the starred answers do (Hint: Read them right to-left!) |
| BREAKUP | Split, and, in another way, what the starred answers do |
| ALLFALLDOWN | 1962 Warren Beatty film, and what the title elements of the starred answers do |
| BREAKEVEN | Neither gain nor lose money, and what the starred answers do |
| TAB | Blond 50s idol as an actor and singer (though he said of his role in Island Of Desire, "It was more important to look good almost nude than to be an actor"); ... Hunter |
| DISNEY | *He won 26 Oscars, including an Academy Honorary Award (consisting of one full-sized and seven miniature statuettes) for the film depicted in this puzzle's starred answers |
