Possible Clues:

• Example of where the stick is thickest
• Word made by rearranging the letters of another
• 8-Down, to Sal Mineo
• What each of today's four long answers is vis-à-vis New Year's Eve
• Rattles, for 1-Across
• A horse over the sheep? It's a matter of letters
• Signed for 25
• Word which is another rearranged
• Substitute for butt tissue, e.g.?
• Andrew was warned to set an example