| HEADCOLD | Malady that accounts for four Across puzzle answers |
| SWISS | Deli cheese ... or, in three parts, a hint to the five longest across puzzle answers |
| CONFOUND | Prisoner came across puzzle (8) |
| DONTSTOP | 1977 top 10 hit for Fleetwood Mac the band that accounts for one of Stevie Nicks's Hall of Fame inductions: 2 wds. |
| SHORTSEASHIPPING | EU term for a form of transportation that accounts for roughly 40% of all freight moved in Europe (5-3,8) |
| TANTRUMS | After end of shift worker drinks ___ that accounts for bad temper (8) |
| ATOLL | Reef that accounts for a number getting killed |
| LEDGER | Ahead of the German at first! That accounts for it! (6) |
| NETFLIX | Company that accounts for roughly 13% of global internet traffic |
| NETSALES | Stat that accounts for refunds |
| THE | Word that accounts for 5% of words used in English |
| DOPPLERPRINCIPLE | A law that accounts for the perceived change in frequency of an emission made by a moving object (7,9) |
| METHANE | An odourless, colourless greenhouse gas that accounts for about 20% of global emissions (7) |
| DIVEBAR | Seedy hangout or a hint to finishing four Across answers in this puzzle |
| SPILLTHETEA | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| ABBA | So-called "enclosed" rhyme scheme (as demonstrated by this puzzle's first four Across answers) |
| INSIDEOUT | Thoroughly ... or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle |
| CARBONOFFSETS | They fund projects that remove a gas from the atmosphere, which is a hint to what's happening in four Across answers |
| OVERLOADED | Carrying way too much, and a punny description of four Across answers in this puzzle |
| FLU | Malady that many people get in the winter |
