| SPARECHANGE | Pocketful of coins, and what literally occurs in the circled letters in five puzzle answers |
| FOUR | Number of letters in "five," ironically |
| LONGDIVISION | Arithmetic exercise ... or what literally occurs in 20-, 33- and 40-Across? |
| JANGLED | Made noise, like a pocketful of coins |
| SCRAMBLE | Jumble, or what one can do to the words from the circled letters in 5-, 13-, and 15-Across, when rearranged |
| CHANGEPURSE | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| MEDALS | Coins and what else might interest a numismatist? (6) |
| DNASEQUENCE | Human fingerprint, and what's hidden in five puzzle answers |
| NIT | One of the "pickings" hidden in five puzzle answers |
| TOMHANKS | Two-time Oscar winner whose identity is "mistaken" in five puzzle answers |
| HISSSOUND | Leaky tire noise found in five puzzle answers including this one |
| MMI | 2001, as hidden in five puzzle answers |
| AREA | "Field" hidden in five puzzle answers |
| INSIDEOUT | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| KERATIN | Fibrous protein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in hair and nails (7) |
| GRACEUNDERFIRE | 1990s sitcom ... and what literally appears six times in this puzzle |
| JUMPSCARE | Scream-evoking horror film technique ... and a hint to what's hiding in five puzzle rows |
| WILDOATS | What young people may sow ... and what's literally hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| LANDONTHEMOON | Arrive as astronauts did 7/20/69 ... and what's literally seen in seven pairs of puzzle answers |
| BREXIT | Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum, and a hint to five puzzle answers |