Crossword puzzle clue "tapering toward each end"

Tapering toward each end

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

Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue

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