| MIXEDSIGNALS | Communication confusion ... or what's literally found in this puzzle's three sets of circles |
| CANDYWRAPPERS | Halloween discards and what the three sets of circles represent? |
| SEACHANGE | Dramatic shift ... or what's literally found in each set of circles? |
| FRIEDRICE | Chinese menu standard, or what's literally found in the circled letters? |
| STATIONBREAKS | Commercial interruptions literally found in this puzzle's three other longest answers |
| CRAZYHORSE | Lakota chief at Little Bighorn, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| SECRETFRIENDS | Kid's imaginary companions, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| BACKWOODS | Primitive area, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| FALLINGWATER | Frank Lloyd Wright house built around multiple cascades, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| MADDASH | Frantic rush, and what's literally found in each set of puzzle circles |
| FAIRSHAKE | Equitable treatment ... and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| TWISTEDSISTER | '80s hard rock quintet, and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| SIDESOFBEEF | Butchers' stock literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| FALLINGRAIN | Downpour, or when parsed another way, what can be found in this puzzle's sets of circles |
| ACESUP | Hickok's last hand, it's said ... and what's literally found in four Down puzzle answers |
| PHYSICSFORMULAS | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| CAMEL | Animal with three sets of eyelids and two sets of eyelashes |
| COINS | Items that can circulate or be tossed ... as illustrated in this puzzle's six sets of circles |
| TENTH | Sophomoric grade found in this puzzle's three longest entries |
| GDFR | 2015 Flo Rida hit whose letters can be found sequentially in this puzzle's three longest entries |