| FALLINGRAIN | Downpour, or description of the circled letters |
| CAKEMIX | Baking shortcut, or description of the circled letters |
| REMOTEPOSITION | Job that can be done away from an office, or description of the starred answers based on the circled letters |
| HIGH | Nature of a soprano's voice (or description of the price of a coveted front row seat) |
| GOLDEN | Colour or description of the fleece sought and recovered by Jason and the Argonauts (6) |
| DREAMSHAKE | Signature post move of Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon ... or an apt description of the circled letters in the grid? |
| CUTGLASS | Style of expensive stemware, or a description of the circled letters |
| COLLEGEFINALS | End-of-semester exams or a description of the circled letters |
| BANANASPLIT | Ice cream indulgence, or description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| RAMBLING | Activity of walking in the countryside; or, description of a climbing rose (8) |
| WATCHOUT | "Careful!", or description of answers to the starred clues |
| PARTYMIX | What a DJ might create for a shindig, or a description of the circled letters |
| POSTITNOTES | Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? |
| INSIDEVOICES | What children should use at the library ... and a literal description of the circled letters in this puzzle |
| LANDSLIDES | Earth movements, and a description of the circled letters |
| SUMMARY | Short account or description of season heard (7) |
| OROGRAPHY | Science or description of mountains (9) |
| FORMULA | Scientific notation or description of mural (7) |
| SANDY | Heavy hitter Koufax (or description of almost any beach) |
| HOUSEDIVIDED | "A ___ against itself cannot stand" (phrase in a speech by Pres. Lincoln, and description of the circled letters) |
