| HOTANDCOLD | Like one vacillating between two extremes, or a description of the circled words in 53 Across |
| FROMSIDETOSIDE | Vacillating between left and right (4,4,2,4) |
| RAZOR | Right at the start of alphabetical extremes or a cutthroat, perhaps |
| MEDIUM | Materials used in a work of art; a newspaper, radio or television as a means for communicating information; or, a middle degree or place between two extremes (6) |
| PICKMEUP | Morale booster ... or words that might suggest the arrival of one of the circled words |
| SPIN | With the circled word in the grids center, what each circled word is? |
| DREAMSHAKE | Signature post move of Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon ... or an apt description of the circled letters in the grid? |
| PARTYMIX | What a DJ might create for a shindig, or a description of the circled letters |
| FOOTBRIDGES | Pedestrians' spans, and a description of the circled words |
| PIRATE | Talk Like a ___ Day (September 19th, when you may hear some of the circled words) |
| MIDDLEAGE | Crisis time, for some ... or a hint to each of the circled words |
| HOUSEDIVIDED | "A ___ against itself cannot stand" (phrase in a speech by Pres. Lincoln, and description of the circled letters) |
| PORKWRAPS | Greek or Asian meat offerings, or a description of the circled answers |
| TEST | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| SHOWANDTELL | Kindergarten exercise, or a description of the circled words in 31 Across |
| TRACKANDFIELD | Activity with many events, or a description of the circled words in 107 Across |
| SOCCERSTAR | What any of the circled words are in the long answers |
| VIAMEDIA | Latin phrase meaning a compromise between two extremes, middle course (3,5) |
| CUTGLASS | Style of expensive stemware, or a description of the circled letters |
| COLLEGEFINALS | End-of-semester exams or a description of the circled letters |
