| HOPPINGMAD | Steaming, and a description of the circled letters in 41 Across |
| OFFONALARK | What's depicted by the circled letters in 41-/49-Across |
| DREAMSHAKE | Signature post move of Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon ... or an apt description of the circled letters in the grid? |
| HOUSEDIVIDED | "A ___ against itself cannot stand" (phrase in a speech by Pres. Lincoln, and description of the circled letters) |
| PARTYMIX | What a DJ might create for a shindig, or a description of the circled letters |
| GRIMACESHAKE | McDonald's beverage that, when drunk, supposedly leads to ridiculous and frightening consequences (and a literal description of the circled letters) |
| CUTGLASS | Style of expensive stemware, or a description of the circled letters |
| LANDSLIDES | Earth movements, and 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 |
| RISINGEDGES | Low-to-high transitions in digital signals, and an apt description of the circled letters |
| CAKEMIX | Baking shortcut, or description of the circled letters |
| FALLINGRAIN | Downpour, or description of the circled letters |
| RSAILSPLITTER | Another nickname for Old Abe ... or a description of the circled letter? |
| TIRE | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| FULLYIMMUNE | State of being after a presidential pardon; or in relation to COVID-19 with the help of the circled letters |
| SEVENSEAS | Result of connecting the circled letters in a certain way, in a punny manner of speaking |
| TWO | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| CHANGINGTABLES | Furniture for new parents ... and a literal description of the circled squares (look on top of them to find this puzzle's six-letter meta answer) |
| FOOTBRIDGES | Pedestrians' spans, and a description of the circled words |
