| EXCHANGINGRINGS | Sharing in a symbol of commitment ... or what four rows in this puzzle are doing to form new phrases |
| RINGS | Items exchanged during marriages or civil ceremonies as symbols of commitment or eternal love (5) |
| DROVE | Crowd start to rally in a symbol of peace (5) |
| GARNISH | Sharing in a way the salt around rim of Margarita (7) |
| RATTLINGON | Chatting about what the hailstones are doing to the roof? (8,2) |
| CARPOOLING | Complaining about two doughnuts left for sharing in a commute (10) |
| MAKINGAFACE | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| TRADINGSPACES | Reality series whose title describes what the starting sounds of eight TV titles in this puzzle are doing |
| MAKINGACOMEBACK | What the eight featured celebrities in this puzzle are doing? |
| EMOTICON | Feeling gets caught in a symbol (8) |
| REBUS | About the transport - it is expressed in a symbol (5) |
| COVERYOUREYES | Warning before a gory movie scene ... or a phonetic hint to answering four rows in this puzzle |
| RAISETHEDEAD | Bring people back to life, and what you must do in four rows in this puzzle |
| BREAKINGBAD | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| ITSDISCONNECTED | "Check the plug!" (and a hint to solving four rows in this puzzle) |
| LATESHIFT | Overnight work assignment ... or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| TURNSOFPHRASE | Distinctive ways to express things, or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle could be said to constitute |
| SPLITENDS | One reason to get a haircut ... or what four black squares in this puzzle do? |
| SEEDOUBLE | Have trouble focusing, and what you will do literally in two rows in this puzzle |
| OUTLIKEALAMB | End of a phrase about March that describes the fifth, eighth, and eleventh rows in this puzzle? |