| SPACEMOUNTAIN | Futuristic indoor roller coaster since 1977 ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| HUGORIFKIND | Journalist born in 1977 and a regular guest on radio's The News Quiz (4,7) |
| CASTERS | Indoor rollers |
| TWISTANDSHOUT | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| UPLOADS | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| COVERTOPERATION | Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| BACKUPTHETRUCK | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| WRAPSUP | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| VIBESHIFTS | Big changes in the Zeitgeist, as suggested by the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| JOYDIVISION | "Love Will Tear Us Apart" band . . . and a hint to each set of circled letters in this puzzle |
| FURNITUREASSEMBLY | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| WIGGLEROOM | Space to maneuver, or a hint to five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| SUBCONTRACTED | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| TIRE | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| LONGWINDED | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| INNERCITIES | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| HOMEISWHERETHEHEARTIS | Phrase about feeling a strong connection to a particular place, and a hint for substituting letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| STILLIRISE | Classic Maya Angelou poem ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| SHAKEWEIGHT | Oscillating exercise device of infomercial fame . . . or how to arrive at the four strings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| LEAVENED | Unlike bread on Passover, and like four of the five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
