| SIDEORDERS | Fries, slaw, etc. ... and what this puzzle's circles represent |
| APPLECORES | Pie-making scraps ... and what this puzzle's circles represent? |
| TOWNSQUARES | Urban centers, and what this puzzle's circles represent |
| BARMENU | List including nachos, sliders, wings, etc . ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| SIDES | Fries, tots, slaw, etc. |
| FROSTEDTIPS | Spiky, bleached hairstyle ... or what the puzzle circles represent |
| TIMEFRAMES | Durations ... and what this puzzle's circles literally represent |
| EXTREMEMEASURES | Radical solutions ... and what this puzzle's circles literally represent |
| BREAKINGNEWS | Developing story, and what this puzzle's circles illustrate |
| SPLITHAIRS | Nitpick, and what this puzzle's circled letters represent |
| TINATURNER | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| PUTONTHEDOG | Act affectedly, and what this puzzle's theme entries do? |
| EFFORTLESS | Easy, and what this puzzle's theme answers literally are |
| TAXONESPATIENCE | Require forbearance -- and what this puzzle's theme might do |
| BREAKALEG | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| FAREWELLTOUR | Band's final concert series, and what this puzzle's theme answers constitute? |
| RAINCOATS | Wet-weather gear, and what this puzzle's circled letters literally are? |
| HIGHTEA | British afternoon tradition, and what this puzzle's four longest answers literally have? |
| PICKEDUPTHEPACE | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| CATCHAFISH | Have success angling, and what this puzzle's theme answers do |
