| BORDERRIVER | It may straddle neighboring countries ... and, in a different way, what each of four sets of puzzle |
| LEAPINLIZARDS | Classic comics catchphrase ... and a hint to four sets of puzzle circles |
| QUARTETS | Groups of four set out after a couple of pints (8) |
| TBAR | What a skier may straddle |
| MIXEDDRINK | What's clued in parentheses for each of four answers, and found in corresponding sets of puzzle circles |
| BORDERLAKE | It may be a boundary between neighboring countries ... or what each set of circles depicts? |
| WOODROW | First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is |
| ARDEB | Unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries. (5) |
| BOX | With 1-Across, Time-Life Records product ... and, in a way, what each of the answers to starred clue |
| DIGIT | 'Pay attention, man!' ... and, in a different way, what the end of each answer to a starred clue refers to |
| DOUBLENEGATIVE | Grammatical faux pas seen in four of this puzzle's clues . . . and, in a different way, their answers? |
| MEETINTHEMIDDLE | Come to a compromise ... and a homophonic hint to what each of four long answers contains |
| GETTINGTHEW | Winning, in sports slang ... and what each of four puzzle answers is doing? |
| LONGGONE | Extinct since way back when ... and, in a way, what each set of circles represents |
| SUIT | Any of the four sets of 13 cards in a pack of playing cards (4) |
| COMEBACKKID | Young player on the rebound ... or, in another way, what each set of circles in this puzzle represen |
| LBARS | Angle irons graphically represented by four sets of black squares in this grid, and by letter formations starting in the four longest answers |
| MASTERPIECES | "Mona Lisa" and "Guernica" ... and, in a different way, stream, tamer and mater |
| KITTYCORNER | Diagonally ... or what each of four pairs of puzzle answers form? |
| LALALAND | 2016 Gosling/Stone film ... and, as shown by circles, what each of four answers is |