| SPLITINFINITIVE | Grammarian's gripe, and a hint to the circled words |
| USAGES | Grammarian's gripes, perhaps |
| CUTINFRONTOF | Annoy by jumping the queue, and a hint to the circled words |
| TIEDUPINKNOTS | Really nervous, and a hint to the circled words |
| INSIDEJOBS | Employee-assisted crimes, and a hint to the circled words |
| APPLETURNOVERS | Fruity desserts, and a hint to the circled words |
| PRINTMAKING | Craft using inked blocks, and a hint to the circled words |
| JUMPSUITS | One-piece outfits... or a hint to the circled words? |
| SEEINTHEFLESH | Spot IRL, or a phonetic hint to the circled word crossing this answer |
| WHYINTHEWORLD | "For what reason ...," or a phonetic hint to the circled word crossing this answer |
| BEINTHEDARK | Have no information, or a phonetic hint to the circled word below this answer |
| TWOPEASINAPOD | Nearly identical duo, or a phonetic hint to the circled word crossing this answer |
| MIDDLEAGE | Crisis time, for some ... or a hint to each of the circled words |
| STEP | Part of the way up a staircase ... and an answer that, when following the circled words, explains seven clues in this puzzle |
| WORKFROMHOME | Eschew the office, and what you get with the circled words |
| FOOTBRIDGES | Pedestrians' spans, and a description of the circled words |
| TIEBREAKER | Overtime round, e.g . ... and what a black square acts as for the circled words? |
| PICKMEUP | Morale booster ... or words that might suggest the arrival of one of the circled words |
| APNEA | Condition that I was recently diagnosed with, and a word whose letters interrupt the circled words |
| FOUNDMONEY | Unexpected wallet fattener... and what the circled words are |
