| WAITING | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |
| SOS | The first thing most people learn to spell in Morse code |
| SHELVE | Put on hold or on rack (6) |
| BAR | Row of black squares preceding or following six puzzle answers, thereby completing them |
| RACKETS | Not initially what limits the following seven rows |
| LIGHTBULB | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |
| EIFFELTOWER | Landmark inaugurated 3/31/1889 whose shape is suggested by nine squares in this puzzle's completed grid |
| CRUSHEDI | Drink cooler ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle's answer |
| REDACTED | Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle |
| SOMETHINGSFISHY | "Hmmmmm ..." [as hinted at by the three groups of black squares in the middle of the grid] |
| LBARS | Angle irons graphically represented by four sets of black squares in this grid, and by letter formations starting in the four longest answers |
| DISUNION | State of division, and what the first letters of the states divided across black squares in this puzzle spell out |
| APOSTROPHE | Higher pair of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| SLASHMARK | Nonet of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| COMMA | Lower pair of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| SEVEN | Lower septet of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| FORMATION | Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this |
| UTAH | State shaped like two sets of black squares on the sides of this grid |
| PIZZATOPPING | Pepperoni, mushroom or green pepper ... or what each cluster of black squares represents in this puzzle |
| SPIN | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |
