| ASSUMING | Jumping to conclusions, and what's spelled out by the eight letters that have literally jumped to conclusions |
| LATENESS | Result of pushing things back, and what's spelled out by eight letters that have been literally pushed to the back |
| SCHOOL | Realist artistic movement of the early 20th century whose core was formed by 'The Eight', led by Robert Henri (6) |
| ASHCAN | Realist artistic movement of the early 20th century whose core was formed by 'The Eight', led by Robert Henri (6) |
| BIORE | Skin care brand whose Aqua Rich sunscreen I have literally gone around the world to buy in bulk |
| BURIEDTHELEDE | Failed to start with critically important information (as seven entries in this puzzle have literally done) |
| GRANDNATIONAL | Annual steeplechase won by the 8-year-old racehorse Minalla Times on 10 April 2021 (5,8) |
| PLUTOCRACY | Dog collars primarily blue in state run by the 8 (10) |
| HAPPYDAYS | TV show that inspired the idiom "jumping the shark" when a main character literally jumped over a shark |
| REASON | Meaning "to consider", the mind's collective cognitive power to think, draw conclusions and form judgements logically (6) |
| OVUM | Latin word for "egg" spelled using only letters that have a vertical axis of mirror symmetry |
| FONZ | TV character who literally jumped the shark, with "the" |
| CORRESPONDENCE | Letters that have symmetry (14) |
| ASSESSMENTS | Determinations of revised means tests repeating conclusions and wasting time (11) |
| YOUREMUTED | Comment about the silence on Zoom ... and what's spelled out by the sounds that have been removed from the starts of 10 phrases in this puzzle |
| NEWSCLIPPING | Something taken out of the paper, and what's spelled out by the deleted letters in this puzzle's headlines |
| PHONETIC | Spelled as spoken, and what's spelled out by the sounds added to eight phrases in this puzzle when said aloud |
| FRESHMEN | New college students, and what's spelled out by the first letters of the people admitted to this puzzle's colleges |
| POTATOES | Carb-rich side that may be cut, and what's spelled out by the letters cut from the starts of this puzzle's foods |
| MOVIEEXTRAS | People without lines, and what's spelled out by the letters added to this puzzle's films |
