| CRAZYHORSE | Lakota chief at Little Bighorn, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| CRAG | Place where bighorns and good climbers go |
| OVINE | Like bighorns and mouflons |
| SECRETFRIENDS | Kid's imaginary companions, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| BACKWOODS | Primitive area, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| FALLINGWATER | Frank Lloyd Wright house built around multiple cascades, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| MADDASH | Frantic rush, and what's literally found in each set of puzzle circles |
| FAIRSHAKE | Equitable treatment ... and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| TWISTEDSISTER | '80s hard rock quintet, and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| ACESUP | Hickok's last hand, it's said ... and what's literally found in four Down puzzle answers |
| MIXEDSIGNALS | Communication confusion ... or what's literally found in this puzzle's three sets of circles |
| SEACHANGE | Dramatic shift ... or what's literally found in each set of circles? |
| SIDESOFBEEF | Butchers' stock literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| TOSS | After 1-Across, pregame football ritual, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| FRIEDRICE | Chinese menu standard, or what's literally found in the circled letters? |
| STATIONBREAKS | Commercial interruptions literally found in this puzzle's three other longest answers |
| WIDESPREAD | Extensive ... and what's literally seen in this puzzle's circles |
| SPARECHANGE | Coins in one's pocket ... and what literally happens in each set of circles |
| UNDERCOVERCOP | Stinger? (and what's literally found in 20-, 27- and 43-Across) |
| BALONEYSANDWICH | Classic grade-school lunch, and what's literally found in 17-, 33-, and 40-Across? |
