| STRINGSATTACHED | What eight of this puzzle's answers have |
| THEFRENCHCONNECTION | Best Picture winner of the 1970s, or what five of this puzzle's answers have |
| TWOSTATENICKNAMES | What each of eight of this puzzle's answers consists of |
| HALFTHEBATTLE | Important part of an undertaking . . . or what can be found in eight of this puzzle's answers? |
| UTTERNONSENSE | What you find in eight of this puzzle's answers...or what you do when you say them aloud? |
| BLACKOPS | Covert missions ... or what's covert in eight of this puzzle's answers |
| LETTERY | "End of story" in some of this puzzle's answers |
| PALINDROME | Any of three of this puzzle's answers |
| GOAROUNDINCIRCLES | What 10 of this puzzle's answers do |
| FORMLETTERS | Impersonal notes ... or what four groups of this puzzle's answers do (totaling 11 words) |
| THESTREAK | 1974 novelty song which could reveal the tail ends of five of this puzzle's answers |
| CLEFT | Crevice, and, interpreted differently, what happened to five of this puzzle's answers |
| CENTRALPARK | Feature of Manhattan, and of this puzzle's answers that contain circles |
| TAXRETURNS | Certain filings, and what happens literally in six of this puzzle's answers |
| FIREWALL | Network-security option . . . or what's creating a barrier within four of this puzzle's answers |
| PICTUREINPICTURE | Multifeed television setting, and what six of this puzzle's answers display |
| STRETCHGOAL | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| WORLDSAPART | Utterly different, and what can be found in four of this puzzle's answers |
| ALTEREDCARBON | 2018 cyberpunk Netflix series based on a 2002 novel ... and what you'll find in three of this puzzle's answers |
| PARTTIMEJOB | Many a side hustle, and a description of seven of this puzzle's answers, in a way |