| JUMPINGBEAN | Tumbling seed, and a hint to each row of circled letters |
| POPPY | Plant with colourful flowers, edible seeds and a milky sap (5) |
| SLICEDVEGGIES | Salad cruditis ... and a hint to each row of circled letters |
| SLICEDBREAD | "Best thing" bakery metaphor ... and a hint to each row of circles |
| SPLITLEVEL | House with short staircases, and a hint to each row of circles |
| INSIDEVOICE | What you may use at a library, and what each row of circled letters reveals |
| SPREAD | Apt word to follow each row of circled letters |
| THESAURUS | Writer's reference ... or what each row of shaded letters is missing? |
| IFS | Possibilities DIRECTIONS: Make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. Add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. "Blanks" used |
| INSIDESTORY | Facts known to a select few ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| MIXEDFEELINGS | What a bittersweet moment may evoke ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| BACKCHANNEL | Unofficial means of communication, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| SUM | 34, for each row, column and main diagonal in a 4x4 magic square |
| CHANGEHANDS | Be sold, as property ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| ALTERNATEROUTE | GPS suggestion, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| BLANKCHECK | Complete freedom ... and a hint to each half of the answer to each starred clue |
| ROCKYROAD | Nutty ice cream parlor order ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| INSIDEPITCH | Ballpark brushback, perhaps ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| SIDECAR | Brandy cocktail, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| LOSER | Also-ran How to play: Each row must contain the numbers |
