| OUTTRAYS | Cook trout, say, from which letters can be taken (3-5) |
| NOTELETS | Small folded sheets of paper on which informal letters can be written (8) |
| APTAGRAM | Word or phrase whose letters can be rearranged to form another with a similar meaning, such as "moon starer" for "astronomer" |
| PASTRIES | Desserts whose letters can aptly be found in "patisserie" |
| GAMEFISH | Trout, say, that's good, if held back in a piece of net (4,4) |
| ANAGRAMS | Brain-teasers in which letters are rearranged to form new words (8) |
| PHONETIC | NATO ___ alphabet, communication system in which letters are identified by code words (8) |
| ALPHABET | System in which letters are sorted? |
| TENTACLE | Feeler unfinished letter can put out |
| SWORD | Small group of letters can be a weapon (5) |
| MASK | The true contents of hand-written letters can be hidden through the use of this method, which require the recipient to place a shaped template over the letter. |
| GRASS | Where a treacherous [circled letters] can be found |
| ADDRESS | Place of residence (where letters can be sent) (7) |
| AFRICA | Where this puzzle's circled letters can be found |
| LEO | Astrological sign for our seven stars; its letters can be found throughout their names |
| MALI | West African nation whose letters can be scrambled to "Lima" |
| DELTA | Foreign letter can be altered without any hesitation (5) |
| PENAL | To write a letter can be punitive! (5) |
| TUTOR | Can one teach you to cook trout? (5) |
| GDFR | 2015 Flo Rida hit whose letters can be found sequentially in this puzzle's three longest entries |
