| SAJAK | He's often told "I'd like to solve the puzzle" |
| HOGWASH | Grid that is further subdivided into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve the puzzle, each of the rows, columns and 3x3 boxes should contain all the digits from 1 to 9. The solution to this puzzle will be publish |
| FINDWORDS | Manage to explain what to do to solve the puzzle (4,5) |
| CHIMP | Primate that likes to solve puzzles |
| DONTCOUNTONIT | Ben Tausig foretells the future! Pose a yes-or-no question, and solve the puzzle to find the answer |
| ENIGMA | Get in to the game and solve the puzzle (6) |
| FIREMAN | Sack worker, one often told to go to blazes (7) |
| FIRESTATION | People here are often told to go to blazes |
| DETECTIVE | I've got Ted, 100 Romans and an alien to help but he's the one to solve the crime! (9) |
| LAST | Like the third letters of three-letter answers (many of which you'll need to solve the meta) |
| GREATLEAP | The attempt by the People's Republic of China in 1959-60 to solve the country's economic problems (5,4,7) |
| FORWARD | The attempt by the People's Republic of China in 1959-60 to solve the country's economic problems (5,4,7) |
| PLUS | ___ sign (symbol to outline five times to solve the meta) |
| ALGORE | Author of the 2009 book subtitled "A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" |
| GUARD | In the field or on the track he's often in the van |
| LIES | "The cruelest ___ are often told in silence": Robert Louis Stevenson |
| PEDALER | Salesman often told to get on his bike, say (7) |
| STUPOAUPENCE | Its members are often told when to applaud |
| ATTHAT | Where people are often told to look |
| TEAM | Group often told to "Go!" |
