Crossword puzzle clue "number of letters in this clue's answer"

Answer, when pointing to this answer, to the question "Which letters answer this clue?"

Number of letters in this clue's answer

"Did you figure out the answer to this clue?" answer

Union perk found in the answer to each clue that's followed by a number

Number of tiles per Scrabble set for the letter at the end of the answer to each starred clue

Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does?

At the start ... or how the first two letters of each starred clue relate to the answer?

Capital VIP, and a clue to what's hidden in three letters in each starred answer