| ITSNOTHING | Another way to say "Don't mention it," or what can be said about each of the circled entries |
| ITSINTHEBAG | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the sta |
| TABOO | What might make you say "don't mention it!" and "less of that!" |
| PUTITMILDLY | To say "Don't express bitterly" is to understate (3,2,6) |
| HOURSINADAY | There never seem to be enough of these; in fact, it's always the sum of the circled entries |
| YOUNEVERCANTELL | It's impossible to say "Don't go shopping" (3,5,3,4) |
| KEATS | Poet whose name is an anagram of the circled entries |
| FRATERNITY | Campus organization; its name might include any of the circled entries |
| THATSAKEEPER | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| THATSRICH | "You're one to talk!," or what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| WOODROW | First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is |
| ITSALLINTHEMIND | Sports psychologist's mantra ... or what can be said about the last word of 16-, 21-, 33- or 49-Acro |
| ITSADEAL | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| THATSANORDER | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| HOUSESTYLE | Publication's unique way of doing things ... or what each of the circled strings is? |
| THEVIBESAREOFF | "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |
| GETCRACKING | Hop to it ... or what to do to the various eggs in this puzzle's circled squares? |
| BEETHOVEN | Composer of 32 piano sonatas; the name of one of them is revealed in the circled entries |
| TIRE | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| FOURLETTER | Adjective for many a cussword; also applies to the name of each of the circled states |