Crossword Clue:

The center or hub of something

Answer	Crossword Clue
MART	Trading center (or the start of a lifestyle arbiter's split personality)
EYE	Storm center ... or, phonetically, letter that can precede the ends of the answers to the five italicized clues to spell popular devices
METONYM	Example or attribute of something used to represent the whole, as "sword" for "military power"

GETOFF	Beat the rap ... or something else?
MANIA	Something caused by the Beatles or Pokemon
TAPON	Something to do to a shoulder or the brakes
SHUT	Like a front door that's not letting all the cold in, do you think I'm paying to heat the entire outdoors or something?