| Free hand |
| Carte blanche |
| Full go-ahead |
| Unlimited credit |
| Unrestricted funds |
| Unlimited authority |
| Unrestricted authority |
| Example of carte blanche |
| Fill-in-the-amount document |
| Unlimited budget, figuratively |
| Unlimited expenses, so to speak |
| Complete freedom ... and a hint to each half of the answer to each starred clue |