| RISINGEDGES | Low-to-high transitions in digital signals, and an apt description of the circled letters |
| CROSSTALK | Unwanted transfer of signals, and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| MODEM | What converts digital signals to analog (5) |
| DREAMSHAKE | Signature post move of Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon ... or an apt description of the circled letters in the grid? |
| WHOVILLE | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| ALLBROKENUP | Emotionally crushed, and an apt description of the circled elements in this puzzle? |
| KIDFRIENDLY | Suitable for the whole family, or an apt description of the first words of the answers to the starre |
| GRIMACESHAKE | McDonald's beverage that, when drunk, supposedly leads to ridiculous and frightening consequences (and a literal description of the circled letters) |
| HOUSEDIVIDED | "A ___ against itself cannot stand" (phrase in a speech by Pres. Lincoln, and description of the circled letters) |
| WHATABOUTISM | Rhetorical strategy of countering an accusation with another accusation, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| ANGLE | Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle |
| SHOWSUP | Arrives, and an apt description of the sets of circled letters |
| COMEONDOWN | "The Price Is Right" signature phrase, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| COOLWEATHER | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| ALAMODE | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| DOUBLEPARK | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| BUILDUP | Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue |
| CUTGLASS | Style of expensive stemware, or a description of the circled letters |
| POSTITNOTES | Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? |
| COLLEGEFINALS | End-of-semester exams or a description of the circled letters |
