| JACKIN | With 40-Across, toy with a crank ... and what each set of four circled puzzle squares graphically re |
| SOAPBOX | Speaker's stand ... or what each set of circled squares graphically represents |
| REVOLVINGDOOR | Hotel entrance, often, and, literally, what each set of four puzzle 35-Across contains |
| ALLCAPS | Blog comment format usually interpreted as the word spelled by eight aptly circled puzzle letters |
| DEADCENTRE | Position when engine crank and connecting-rod are in line |
| TANGRAM | What Chinese puzzle square cut into seven pieces is arranged into shapes? (7) |
| BOP | ___ It (toy with buttons, cranks and handles) |
| WEIRDO | "I am discounting reports of UFOs. Why would they appear only to cranks and ____s?" (Stephen Hawking) |
| BROKENBAT | Cause of wood splinters in the infield ... and what each set of puzzle circles represents |
| FISHHOOK | Device at the end of the line, and what each set of circled letters represents |
| AHOUSEDIVIDED | Biblical phrase in Lincoln's historic 6/16/1858 speech, and what each set of circled letters contains |
| SPICEMIX | Curry powder, e.g . ... and what each set of puzzle circles contains |
| JOBTURNOVER | Human resources concern, and what each set of circled letters reveals |
| FLATBROKE | Totally out of funds ... and what each set of circles shows, casually |
| PEASOUP | Thick fog metaphor ... and what each set of circled letters is? |
| MESS | Word once used for a portion of food or a set of four served together at a medieval banquet, hence a group of military personnel who eat together or the meal so taken (4) |
| DAYSHIFT | What a nine-to-fiver works ... or, literally, what each set of circled letters represents |
| HIDDENVALLEY | Salad dressing brand ... and what each set of circles reveals |
| MIDDLESCHOOL | Junior high ... and what each set of circles is? |
| SPIN | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |