| FEARFULLY | Very (literally, in frightened style) (9) |
| SEEDOUBLE | Have trouble focusing, and what you will do literally in two rows in this puzzle |
| PIANOKEYS | "Ebony and Ivory," literally, in the song |
| EASTEREGG | Hidden DVD feature ... which can be found, literally, in the answers to the starred clues |
| AUCOURANT | Informed, up-to-date; French, literally 'in the current' (2,7) |
| SCARRED | Run in frightened, bearing evidence of injury |
| TIM | Where the ball drops on New Year's Eve ... as depicted literally in four places in this puzzle |
| IBIDEM | Literally, "in the aforementioned place" |
| IBID | Literally in the same place |
| CAPPUCCINO | Capuchin habit literally in Italian makes coffee (10) |
| GREGATIM | Men around area, literally in flocks |
| BLACKMIRROR | British TV series that's illustrated literally in this puzzle |
| AMI | Friend of la famille who's literally in LA FAMILLE |
| ELMS | Landmines literally in trees (4) |
| ERA | Period of history literally in the middle... (3) |
| STRETCHEDTHIN | Overextended ... and what's literally in each set of circles |
| RUNNINGA | Illegal action shown literally in this answer? |
| CARDSHUFFLER | Vegas device used literally in three puzzle answers |
| ALIBI | Literally, 'in another |
| MAKIMONO | "Rolled thing," literally, in Japanese |