| HERCULEANTASK | Difficult job ... such as each divided set of circled letters |
| SPLITRING | Divided set of bells that's intended to run through a number of keys |
| SIDE | ___ hustle (extra job, such as driving for Uber) |
| RUBIKSCUBES | Three-dimensional brain teasers with square sides each divided into nine smaller, colored squares: 2 wds. |
| BOOKEND | One of a pair on a library shelf, as well as one of a pair in each set of circled letters |
| IONIANSEA | Body of water: two holding on as each grabs middle of canoe (6,3) |
| TASK | A piece of work can be a difficult job |
| THOS | Heyward, Stone or Nelson, as each signed the Declaration of Independence |
| AGEGROUP | Mature pop band, all as old as each other (3,5) |
| BOTCH | Fiasco as each of two catches cold (5) |
| JUMPAROUND | House of Pain hit that begins "Pack it up, pack it in," and a description of each set of circled letters |
| CHANGEHANDS | Be sold, as property ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| BACKCHANNEL | Unofficial means of communication, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| BOYMEETSGIRL | Like some conventional romances, as illustrated by each set of circled letters |
| STEPMOM | Wicked relative of Cinderella ... or what each set of circled letters represents? |
| TWISTEDHUMOR | Element of irony, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| RANGEROVER | High-end SUV, and an apt description of each set of circled letters? |
| TROUBLEDWATERS | Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| TESTING | Difficult job of examiner? (7) |
| BEDOFNAILS | No false bid concocted for difficult job (3,2,5) |
