Crossword clues for Answer. 9 letters:
- WORDCHAIN
- *The answers to the starred clues (including this one) form a continuous one—its connections are created by the end of one answer and the start of the next
- COATTAILS
- Features of some formal jackets, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues literally are
- POWERPLAY
- Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues
- DOUBLEDAY
- Big name in publishing, and a visual hint to the three adjacent pairs of answers to starred clues
- HARDEDGED
- Gritty ... and a description of this puzzle, which is also a hint to completing eight answers
- BIRDSDOIT
- Lyric in a Porter song that ends "Let's fall in love," and a hint to the starts of the starred answers (and 1-Across)
- DEBUGGING
- Correcting, in a way ... or what would need to be done to remove the things hidden in the answers to starred clues?
- LEFTFIELD
- Figuratively, where some wild ideas come out of; literally, a hint to a word and its position when paired with the starts of the answers to starred clues
- CITYBLOCK
- Urban square ... or what the answers to the pairs of starred clues seem to have between them?
- AAMEETING
- Event where the number 12 is important, and a feature of 12 two-word answers in this puzzle
