| OARM | "N_ _ _ _y can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come." -Victor Hugo |
| INVASION | "An ___ of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come": Victor Hugo (8) |
| IDEA | "....an _____ whose time has come" (Victor Hugo) |
| HAS | "An idea whose time ___ come" |
| SAPPER | One who drains the strength of an army engineer maybe |
| MAGICEYE | Device used to indicate the strength of an electrical signal (5,3) |
| AMPERAGE | The strength of an electric current (8) |
| ITHINKNOT | Phrase for rudely rejecting an idea whose middle word means "use your mind": 3 wds. |
| SENOR | Spanish title found by inserting an anagram of "rose" into _ _ N _ _ (the grid doesn't accept the "N", so use an "N") |
| EXCONS | Those whose time has come and gone? |
| EBOYS | Fashion-aligned youths formed by inserting an anagram of "Sobe" into _ _ _ Y _: Hyph. (Theme hint: Does the clue seem wrong? Every clue is wrong in the same way: see if you can figure out why.) |
| POLYNESIA | Region of islands in the Pacific Ocean formed by inserting an anagram of "epsilon" into _ _ _ Y _ _ _ _ A |
| IDONTDENYIT | Phrase from someone who might've done the thing they're accused of formed by inserting an anagram of "identity" into _ D O N _ _ _ _ _ _ _: 4 wds. |
| NONSEQUITUR | Literary device formed by inserting an anagram of "turquoise" into N _ N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The circled words appear in this puzzle's title.) |
| SALMONDIP | Fishy appetizer formed by inserting an anagram of "diplomas" into _ _ _ _ _ N _ _ _: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The circled letters spell a nut.) |
| AUCONTRAIRE | French rebuttal formed by inserting an anagram of "auto racer" into _ _ _ _ N _ _ _ I _ _: 2 wds. (Theme explanation: Every clue is wrong in the same way, and this answer gives a hint to how to unders |
| NONSTARTERS | Worthless ideas formed by inserting an anagram of "art stores" into N _ N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| NEWSY | Synonym for "containing information" formed by inserting the first letters of each cardinal direction into _ _ _ _ Y |
| PITYPARTY | Period of feeling sorry for oneself formed by inserting synonyms for "hole" (3 letters) and "component" (4 letters) into _ _ _ Y _ _ _ _ Y: 2 wds. |
| AMPERAGES | The strengths of an electric current (9) |
