| DUH | Across"How obvious" |
| PATENTLY | How obvious? Very much so! |
| ISEE | "How obvious!" |
| CRYSTALCLEAR | How obvious it is the fortune-teller's a fake? |
| ARE | Across"How __ you doing?" |
| THEGREATEST | With 60-Across, how 26-Across 49-Across and 39-Across described their circus |
| BOTTLEOFVINEGAR | 1 across is getting off endlessly with most of 9 across - how can that be sour grapes? (6,2,7) |
| ITSJUST | With 96- and 105-Across, how 122-Across explained the subject of this puzzle |
| MADE | (& 29-across, 30-across) How noose-maker survived financially (4,4,4) |
| ONEHUNDRED | With 29-and 30-Across, how old 11-Across was when she passed away this week; she lived up to her name! |
| SEVENTY | With 33-Across, how old 1-Across is today |
| SEX | With 28-Across: How-to guide written by 1-Across |
| EYESTOTHERIGHT | With 115 Across, how Picasso portrayed voters? |
| ITHASCIRCLES | With 50-Across, how one can tell that this puzzle was up all night waiting to be solved? |
| READTHEDIAGONAL | With 101- and 123-Across, how to find the hidden answer |
| OLDHAT | Dated most of those characters in 10 across - how predictable is that (3,3) |
| SELFEDUCATED | Did one's exercises on one's own at the start of 18 across - how informed is that? (4-8) |
| TAKETHE | & 17 Across. How the Spanish ringmaster might face a difficulty boldly |
| VIOLA | *With 41-Across, 'How to Get Away With Murder' Emmy winner |
| RITA | With 31-Across, "How We Do (Party)" singer |