| TIEDUPINKNOTS | Really nervous, and a hint to the circled words |
| PARANOID | Standard cross they say makes one really nervous |
| ONEDGE | Really nervous |
| CUTINFRONTOF | Annoy by jumping the queue, and a hint to the circled words |
| SPLITINFINITIVE | Grammarian's gripe, and a hint to the circled words |
| INSIDEJOBS | Employee-assisted crimes, and a hint to the circled words |
| APPLETURNOVERS | Fruity desserts, and a hint to the circled words |
| PRINTMAKING | Craft using inked blocks, and a hint to the circled words |
| JUMPSUITS | One-piece outfits... or a hint to the circled words? |
| MIDDLEAGE | Crisis time, for some ... or a hint to each of the circled words |
| STEP | Part of the way up a staircase ... and an answer that, when following the circled words, explains seven clues in this puzzle |
| WORKFROMHOME | Eschew the office, and what you get with the circled words |
| FOOTBRIDGES | Pedestrians' spans, and a description of the circled words |
| TIEBREAKER | Overtime round, e.g . ... and what a black square acts as for the circled words? |
| PICKMEUP | Morale booster ... or words that might suggest the arrival of one of the circled words |
| FOUNDMONEY | Unexpected wallet fattener... and what the circled words are |
| SOCCERSTAR | What any of the circled words are in the long answers |
| SPIN | With the circled word in the grids center, what each circled word is? |
| PIRATE | Talk Like a ___ Day (September 19th, when you may hear some of the circled words) |
| JULIUSCAESAR | Attributed speaker of the circled words |
