| BETWEENYOUANDME | What our secret should be |
| ITLL | "___ be our secret" |
| BETWEENUS | Like our secret |
| ASSASSIN | When our secret troops are bad, one kills (8) |
| MAINCOURSE | Aroma, Inc.! Our secret? Eating bean casserole, perhaps |
| SIRS | What our thematic leaders expect to be called |
| WEDO | What do ___ now? (What's our plan?): 2 wds. |
| TATTOO | Most pro rugby players jump at the chance to get - - - , wrote our Secret Player in the Jan 2017 issue. Hic! (6) |
| BLOTTO | Most pro rugby players jump at the chance to get - - - , wrote our Secret Player in the Jan 2017 issue. Hic! (6) |
| AMOUR | Pam loses the head with our secret love affair in France (5) |
| NDAS | "Don't reveal our secrets" documents, for short |
| NDA | "Don't share our secrets" letters |
| INDEPENDENTS | What this puzzle celebrates--or, homophonically, what our nation is celebrating |
| LORD | Be early, perhaps, to enjoy what our peers do? (4,4,1,4) |
| LIKEA | Be early, perhaps, to enjoy what our peers do? (4,4,1,4) |
| LIVE | Be early, perhaps, to enjoy what our peers do? (4,4,1,4) |
| BASKETBALL | What our play groups are playing |
| EDIT | What our boss does somewhat meditatively (4) |
| ASSERT | State clearly what our betters describe as dead, say? |
| HERITAGE | What our ancestors left from their troubled times (8) |
