| TOSSEDSALAD | Common first course ... or what's literally contained in 17-, 23-, 32-, 44- and 49-Across? |
| NEWWORLDORDER | Post-Cold War hierarchy ... and what is literally contained in the circled squares |
| SODAMIXER | Ingredient in some cocktails ... or a hint to the last words in 17-, 23-, 32-, 43- and 48-Across |
| SOUP | Common first course |
| AUPAIR | Live-in help, and what's contained in 17-, 23-, 38- and 49-Across |
| BREAKABLES | Extra-care items for movers ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 28-, 44- and 49-Across |
| ACERS | Skillful servers - and an anagram of words contained in 17-, 26-, 44-, and 60-Across |
| CHEST | Word that can follow the first parts of 20-, 31-, 44- and 49-Across |
| ATOLL | Island ring ... or, in three parts, a hint to 18-, 32-, 44- and 59-Across |
| PORK | Kind of chops that are chopped in 20-, 32-, 44-, and 58-across |
| BILL | It gets split at 21-, 32-, 44-, and 56-Across |
| MIXEDBAG | Variety, and what's literally hidden within 17-, 23-, 32-, 42- and |
| BACKPAY | Past due salary ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 23-, 52and 63- Across |
| FALLAPART | Go to pieces, or what's literally hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| FRIEDRICE | Chinese menu standard, or what's literally found in the circled letters? |
| SEACHANGE | Dramatic shift ... or what's literally found in each set of circles? |
| MIXEDSIGNALS | Communication confusion ... or what's literally found in this puzzle's three sets of circles |
| MIDDLEENGLISH | Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares? |
| WATER | River phenomena (or what literally happens six times in this puzzle) |
| GOOVERBIG | Really succeed (or what literally appears six times in this puzzle) |
