| TWISTEDSISTER | '80s hard rock quintet, and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| JOVI | 80s hard rock band which includes players Richie Sambora and Tico Torres, Bon ... |
| METALLICA | '80s hard-rock band |
| MADDASH | Frantic rush, and what's literally found in each set of puzzle circles |
| FAIRSHAKE | Equitable treatment ... and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| SEACHANGE | Dramatic shift ... or what's literally found in each set of circles? |
| CRAZYHORSE | Lakota chief at Little Bighorn, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| SECRETFRIENDS | Kid's imaginary companions, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| BACKWOODS | Primitive area, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| BOOKENDS | Items found on library shelves, and what are literally found in each set of circled letters |
| FALLINGWATER | Frank Lloyd Wright house built around multiple cascades, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| ACESUP | Hickok's last hand, it's said ... and what's literally found in four Down puzzle answers |
| MIXEDSIGNALS | Communication confusion ... or what's literally found in this puzzle's three sets of circles |
| FRIEDRICE | Chinese menu standard, or what's literally found in the circled letters? |
| SPARECHANGE | Coins in one's pocket ... and what literally happens in each set of circles |
| OLIVERTWIST | Dickens orphan, and what is found in each set of circles in this puzzle? |
| HIDDENGEM | Diamond in the rough, and what can be found in each set of circles |
| STRETCHEDTHIN | Overextended ... and what's literally in each set of circles |
| THREEPIECESUIT | It includes a vest ... and what can be found in each set of circles in the long answers |
| INCLINEDPLANE | Ramp, and what's found in each set of circles |