| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| STEREO | What plays to both sides? |
| SCRABBLE | Game in which the answers to the starred clues are legal plays but cannot be formed even if you have both blanks |
| OHIO | Answer to the riddle, "What is round at both ends and high in the middle?" |
| ARREARS | Unpaid debts ... or, read differently, what both parts of the answers to starred clues have? |
| DOUBLETAKE | Surprised reaction ... or a hint to what can precede both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| HOPIN | Words to a hitchhiker, and a literal hint to what spans both words of the answers to starred clues |
| CROWD | What a "hot dog" plays to |
