| GROUNDCUMIN | Yellowish powder created from fragrant seeds: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first six letters of this answer are the last six letters of 13-Across, and the last five letters of this answer are nearly iden |
| COMINGROUND | Adopting the prevailing opinion: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The last six letters of this answer are the first six letters of 22-Across, and the first five letters of this answer are nearly identical to the |
| TURTLEFORD | 'Ernie' is a giant statue of the reptile which makes up the first six letters of this Saskatchewan town's name |
| YTTRIA | Yellowish powder used in ceramics |
| AMARANTH | "Ancient grain" that's actually a seed (... the first 6 letters of this answer) |
| STALWART | Adjective meaning "fearless" formed by anagramming the last eight letters of "metal straw" (Theme answer: The fourth and eighth letters of this answer can be changed to form a phrase in this puzzle's |
| SESAMEOIL | Cooking ingredient with a nutty taste when made from toasted seeds: 2 wds. |
| OPENSESAME | Entrance-seeking incantation formed by the opposite of "closed" + a bagel-topping seed: 2 wds. |
| STAYWARM | "Avoid becoming too chilly!": 2 wds. (Theme answer: The fourth and eighth letters of this answer can be changed to form a phrase in this puzzle's title.) |
| ODDS | What should be ignored in the first eight letters of this puzzle's theme to get the last four letters |
| TWINKIE | Hostess dessert that anagrams to "I knew it!" (Theme answer: The first five letters of this answer spell a gay identity.) |
| ONTHEDOT | Is this an example of time conscious study of nanotechnology? (2,3,3) |
| ONRAMP | Place where drivers merge onto an interstate formed by anagramming the first six letters of "panromantic": 2 wds. |
| NBAREF | Hoops game professional formed by anagramming the first six letters of "Ben Franklin": 2 wds., 2 abbr. |
| NAVYBEANS | Small, white kidneyshaped seeds (2 wds) |
| KAISERROLL | Hamburger option with poppy seeds (2 wds.) |
| RYEBREAD | Loaf with caraway seeds (2 wds.) |
| ORGAN | Vital thing in the body, an example of which is spelled out by the first letters of this puzzle's tripled words |
| STATUTE | Bill may well become this - an effigy round the capital of Turkey (7) |
| AUREVOIR | French "goodbye" whose second word is formed by anagramming the first six letters of "override": 2 wds. |
