| LALALAND | 2016 Gosling/Stone film ... and, as shown by circles, what each of four answers is |
| MIXEDDRINK | What's clued in parentheses for each of four answers, and found in corresponding sets of puzzle circles |
| WRATH | What were the grapes of, in the 1939 John Steinbeck film (and as in a cultivar of hemerocallis)? (5) |
| LALA | "___ Land" (Gosling/Stone musical film) (2 wds.) |
| HORDERN | Teacher turned actor remembered for Shakespearean roles, parts in many films and as the voice of Paddington Bear and of Badger in The Wind in the Willows (7) |
| SNAPCHAT | Popular mobile app ... and, as shown by circles, what the inner parts of the answers to starred clues do |
| SANDWICHWRAPS | Flatbread lunch items ... and, as shown by circles, what 20-, |
| GETTINGTHEW | Winning, in sports slang ... and what each of four puzzle answers is doing? |
| NONO | Forbidden thing, and what each of four long answers is? |
| BORDERRIVER | It may straddle neighboring countries ... and, in a different way, what each of four sets of puzzle circles graphically depicts |
| KITTYCORNER | Diagonally ... or what each of four pairs of puzzle answers form? |
| ANIMALCRACKER | Product with lots of shapes ... or what each of four black squares effectively is? |
| MEETINTHEMIDDLE | Come to a compromise ... and a homophonic hint to what each of four long answers contains |
| SIDECAR | Cognac-and-Cointreau drink, and what each of this puzzle's border answers is |
| CLUBSANDWICH | Order served with toothpicks ... and what each of the other four longest answers is? |
| BELTBUCKLE | Clothing accessory, perhaps ... or what you can see in each of four groups of circles? |
| CAPE | Action hero's garb, and what each first word in this puzzle's four longest answers is |
| ANAGRAM | What each of today's four long answers is vis-A -vis New Year's Eve |
| HAILSTONE | What each of the four longest answers is a term for |
| POPUPAD | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |
