| CAKEMIX | Baking shortcut, or description of the circled letters |
| TIMESAVER | Shortcut or lifehack |
| MIX | Baking shortcut |
| WORMHOLES | Theoretical shortcuts ... or what the four circles in this puzzle represent |
| FALLINGRAIN | Downpour, or description of the circled letters |
| DREAMSHAKE | Signature post move of Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon ... or an apt description of the circled letters in the grid? |
| REMOTEPOSITION | Job that can be done away from an office, or description of the starred answers based on the circled letters |
| CUTGLASS | Style of expensive stemware, or a description of the circled letters |
| COLLEGEFINALS | End-of-semester exams or a description of the circled letters |
| HIGH | Nature of a soprano's voice (or description of the price of a coveted front row seat) |
| GOLDEN | Colour or description of the fleece sought and recovered by Jason and the Argonauts (6) |
| PARTYMIX | What a DJ might create for a shindig, or a description of the circled letters |
| POSTITNOTES | Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? |
| LANDSLIDES | Earth movements, and a description of the circled letters |
| RSAILSPLITTER | Another nickname for Old Abe ... or a description of the circled letter? |
| HOUSEDIVIDED | "A ___ against itself cannot stand" (phrase in a speech by Pres. Lincoln, and description of the circled letters) |
| GRIMACESHAKE | McDonald's beverage that, when drunk, supposedly leads to ridiculous and frightening consequences (and a literal description of the circled letters) |
| RISINGEDGES | Low-to-high transitions in digital signals, and an apt description of the circled letters |
| BANANASPLIT | Ice cream indulgence, or description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| PORKWRAPS | Greek or Asian meat offerings, or a description of the circled answers |
