| PUGNOSE | It's right above this answer in the puzzle |
| FRESHPAIROFEYES | They're right below this answer in the puzzle |
| TOPS | With the giant letter formed by the black squares immediately above this answer, what the answers to the starred clues all literally have |
| WATERSLIDE | Amusement park attraction depicted above this answer |
| DOWN | Orientation of this answer in the grid |
| ROVER | It's right above a wanderer (5) |
| LOOKUP | "It's right above your head!" |
| ERR | Put this answer in the space for 4-Across, for example |
| TEA | Beverage hidden in the longest answers in the puzzle |
| ONEFOOT | Something to hop on, which in fact hops into nine answers in the puzzle |
| SHESCORES | Second half of a sports announcing phrase spelled using only the letters in "chores": 2 wds. (Theme answer: The circled letters anagram to one of the words in the puzzle title.) |
| EARTOEARSMILE | Something just above the answer to this clue in the puzzle |
| FINISHSECOND | Defeat everyone except the first place competitor: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The circled letters anagram to one of the words in the puzzle title.) |
| SWOLLENGLANDS | Mumps symptoms (and technically, this should be "Great Britain," but how often does one get a chance to put this answer in a puzzle?) |
| UNTIED | Released from a knot (Theme answer: When the two circled letters are swapped, the new word spelled is an opposite of the answer in the grid.) |
| MARTIAL | Adjective meaning "war-related" that can come before "arts" (Theme answer: When the two circled letters are swapped, the new word spelled is an opposite of the answer in the grid.) |
| END | Appropriate answer for this spot in the puzzle |
| START | Apt answer for this location in the puzzle |
| PERSEVERE | What's seen above this always getting in the way? Go on! |
| PHARMACOLOGY | Chemist studies this answer in dubious HMRC apology (12) |
