| CORNERSTORE | Local convenience ... or a hint to the words in the circled squares |
| HIDDENGEM | Masterpiece waiting to be found ... or a hint to the words in the circled letters |
| POSTOFFICEBOXES | Mail conveniences ... or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| TENTOONEODDS | Big payout potential ... or a hint to the words in the shaded squares (and the clue numbers on which they begin!) |
| TINYT | Speaker of the words in the circled squares, expressed literally |
| DISCOMMODE | Woman's convenience, or inconvenience (10) |
| TOOTHBRUSH | It helps clean the word in the circled squares (as well as the alternate version) |
| SIMONE | & 32A Manager of Price Slice Local convenience store in Hollyoaks village (6,7) |
| DAIRY | Small local convenience store (5) |
| SHARKINFESTEDWATERS | Dangerous area for those in the top row of this puzzle, and a hint to the words under the six black tins in the grid |
| FOOLAROUND | Engage in some horseplay ... or a hint to the words spelled out in the circles |
| SOLO | From Italian meaning "alone," the word in English can refer to a musical composition for a single voice or instrument or to a performance carried out alone. The oldest sense in English dates to the la |
| PARTYDOWN | Really revel ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters |
| SPREADTHEWEALTH | Redistributionist's catchphrase ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters |
| ROLLTHEDICE | Take a chance ... or a hint to the letters in the circled squares |
| SILVERMINE | Where to find the metal whose symbol spans the words in the answers to starred clues |
| OUTOFSORTS | Irritable ... or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues? |
| EYE | Take in, or what can follow the words in the shaded squares |
| PUTALIDONIT | "Stop complaining!" ... and a hint to the words hidden in the starred clues' answers |
| LIPPSINC | Tar Heel St. city named for a part of the mouth with a trident-shaped Greek letter written on it? ... or, when parsed differently, the band with the No. 1 hit spelled out in the circled squares |
