| Abacus component |
| Region near the Arctic Circle known for its reindeer |
| Analysis of components |
| Airport components |
| Barbarian in the seventh circle of the Inferno, per Dante |
| Confusing statements ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| Attend a party uninvited ... and a literal hint to five sets of circled letters |
| Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| Itinerary component |
| Electrochemically conductive battery component |
| Agenda component |
| With "a," someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters? |
| Angelic circlet |
| Cryptographers' successes (and what can be found in the circles in this puzzle's long answers) |
| Agrarian structure, and a hint to the circled letters |
| Alloy components |
| Cartoony yell if your butt's on fire and you're running in circles |
| A component of liquor |
| Agcy. that sets (often surprisingly high) maximum standards for the amounts of the circled materials in edible goods |
| Abode north of the Arctic Circle |
| American" schedule components |
| A train might circle one |
| Monopoly components |
| Audio system component |
| Contract component |
| Cosmopolitan component |
| Bitmap components |
| Age components |
| Circles overhead? |
| Alloy component |