| HIDDENGEMS | What the long Across answers with circles have |
| OUTMUSCLED | Overpowered ... or how the Across answers with circles might be described? |
| PRIZEINSIDE | Cracker Jack extra, and what the answers with circles have |
| INNERDEMONS | Personal struggles, and what the answers with circles have |
| DEES | Low grades, and the initials of the long Across answers |
| NODS | Affirmative actions added to the long across answers in this puzzle |
| TOE | Stocking stuffer found in the long Across answers |
| AULDLANGSYNE | Seasonal title made of two-letter resolutions of the long Across answers |
| DOUBLEHEADER | Stadium marathon, or what the eight answers with circles gained individually, and what they gained collectively |
| TWODRINKMAX | Limit at the bar, and a hint to the answers with circles |
| SOAKUPTHESUN | 2002 summer anthem from Sheryl Crow, and what the answers with circles do, in two ways |
| DOUBLEORNOTHING | High-stakes gamble, and how the answers with circles can be read |
| WRITTENINSTONE | Firmly fixed, and a hint to the answers with circles |
| LETTUCEWRAP | Low-carb lunch, and a hint to the answers with circles |
| EVENLYMATCHED | Comparable in skill, like each symmetrical pair of answers with circles? |
| CONCEALEDWEAPON | What each of the long across carries |
| INSIDEOUT | Thoroughly ... or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle |
| POL | Campaigner found in the fronts of words of the four long Across answers |
| WELCOMEADDITION | Breath of fresh air ... or, literally, what the last word of eight long Across answers can be |
| ANIMALHOUSE | Raucous frat film, and a hint to the starts of the other four long Across answers |
