| SCAVENGERHUNT | Popular camp activity ... or, literally, what the circles are creating four times in this puzzle |
| OUTERWEAR | Coats, say, or literally what the circles contain |
| BURSTINGATTHESEAMS | Overflowing, or what the words in the circles are? |
| CUTOUTOFWHOLECLOTH | Completely false, or what the letters between the circles are? |
| INSECT | Cricket, perhaps from popular camp (6) |
| SMORES | Popular camp assemblies |
| TURNINGRED | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| DOWNCOMFORTERS | Some bedcovers ... or, literally, what the four unclued answers are |
| JOINFORCES | Team up ... or, literally, what the last words of the answers to starred clues can do |
| TAKEABREAK | Rest ... or, literally, what the last word of the answers to starred clues can do |
| AWORKINPROGRESS | Unfinished project ... or, literally, what the answers to the eight starred clues contain? |
| BOTTOMSHEET | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| BUMPHEADS | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49- Across can be |
| WELCOMEADDITION | Breath of fresh air ... or, literally, what the last word of eight long Across answers can be |
| WATERFALLS | What the circles in this puzzle hold |
| CLAMSUP | Figuratively, stops talking ... or, literally, what are hidden in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| PASSOVERMEALS | Ascension Day and others ... or, literally, what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| MAGAZINEINSERTS | Perfume samples, maybe ... or what this puzzle's circles are |
| BLOCKPARTIES | Neighborhood social events ... and what the four sets of circles are? |
| GASBUBBLES | What the circles represent, given the words they hold |
