Crossword puzzle clue "each state symbolically"

Each state, symbolically

Like each answer in this puzzle - also each word in each clue - in length

Early, or a hint to where each half of each starred answer can be found

Spinal Tap song with the lyric "I love her each weekday, each velvety cheek day"

Complete freedom ... and a hint to each half of the answer to each starred clue

Color that can precede each half of each [3] answer

Square that can follow each of the three words in each starred answer

Besties who also literally hate each other's guts but we're besties but we hate each other so much it hurts sometimes