| LSEVEN | Square, in old slang, as indicated by forming a square with one's hands |
| HEP | Far from square, in old slang |
| LOL | Laugh out loud at this popular piece of internet slang, as in xylology (a specific area of tree care)! (1,1,1) |
| LYASE | In biochemistry, an enzyme that catalyses the dissolution of a molecule by forming a double bond between its parts (5) |
| LININGUP | By forming a queue, Guns are getting into position (6,2) |
| OCTAGON | Shape of a square with the corners cut off |
| QUADRATICS | Some of those equating a square with racist riots (10) |
| ARABESQUE | When dancing, be a square with graceful move (9) |
| FAHRENHEIT | It's hot in a fire, then -- possibly as indicated by this? (10) |
| INDIA | As indicated by control tower, I land in the East |
| PROVERBS | Book after Psalms ... or, read as one, two or three parts (as indicated by the stars), this puzzle's theme |
| COINHERE | Stick together as indicated by ticket machine? (2-6) |
| FORESIGHT | Prudence, as indicated by bead on muzzle of gun (9) |
| STROKE | A rub or smooth with one's hand; a blow or hit of something such as a golf/tennis ball; or, a linear mark made with a paintbrush or a pen (6) |
| NICENE | Church in square in old town where creed was settled (6) |
| TEMPORISE | Slow progress, as indicated by conducting faster? (9) |
| GLIDEPATH | An aircraft's line of descent to land as indicated by ground radar or instrument landing system (5,4) |
| ONTHEPODIUM | Successful in a race, as indicated in parts of answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| SWARM | To climb by gripping with one's hands/feet; a throng of honey bees; a mass of bioluminescent krill, visible from space; a shower of meteors; or, a series of earthquakes (5) |
| XVI | Square in old Rome? |
