- - Each of the starred clues' answers, or what these answers' starts collectively sound like
- - Case of fortified wine chap tasted initially with water in Paris
- - Case of actress Natalie being digitally enhanced I'm told
- - case of trauma on pet is cured
- - A term invented by Lewis Carroll for words such as brunch, chortle or smog
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- - *Like community government (Hint: Note the letters that bookend both words of each starred clue's answer … and what these letters collectively spell)
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- - Speaker of the Latin quote hidden in the answers to the starred clues ... and the English-language quote hidden in the answers to the double-starred clues
- - Play and tragedy by William Shakespeare based on events from Roman history that has characters like Brutus and Mark Antony: 2 wds.
- - Crosser of the Rubicon, 49 BC
- - Ancient leader whose boast is hidden in 20-, 28- and 49-Across
- - Attributed speaker of the circled words
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- - Payment promises … and what each of the starred clues' answers have acquired?
- - Poker players' paper promises
- - evidence of shortages, for short
- - Short promises?
- - Repayment promises
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- - What each successive starting word of the answers to starred clues is to the starting word that precedes it
- - Equivalent word
- - Word meaning the same
- - Another word for the same thing
- - word matching another in pronunciation or spelling yet differing in meaning
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- - "Get ready!" ... or what to do upon hearing the ends of the answers to the starred clues?
- - Daredevil driver's warning to a passenger
- - "Rough ride ahead!"
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- - *Make a mistake … and what the answers to the starred clues do, in two ways?
- - make a mistake ... or a clue to this puzzle's theme
- - Fail on a field?
- - Mishandle a situation
- - Fail to get a job done
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- - Terrestrial bodies closest to the sun … or what you'll find in the starred clues' answers
- - quartet encircled by the asteroid belt
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- - fantasy sports enthusiast, or what each of the ends of answers to asterisked clues is
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- - Get some rest … or what to do with the end of the previous answer to solve each starred clue
- - Have a brief rest
- - Remove half of them from Number 10 and relax
- - Open 15 across with key to workers' home starting off to relax
- - Relax (and title of this puzzle)
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