| Region near the Arctic Circle known for its reindeer |
| 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 |
| Machine for cutting curves, etc. |
| Lane known for many curves |
| Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| With "a," someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters? |
| Angelic circlet |
| Agcy. that sets (often surprisingly high) maximum standards for the amounts of the circled materials in edible goods |
| 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 |
| Point formed by two intersecting curves — point of transition |
| Curves |
| Cartoony yell if your butt's on fire and you're running in circles |
| Abode north of the Arctic Circle |
| A train might circle one |
| Circles overhead? |
| Tricky curves |
| Circle-drawing instruments |
| Biological sequence, or what you'll find in the circled letters |
| How to decide which one of the three circled squares to fill in |
| First light ... or a phenomenon suggested by this puzzle's seven sets of circled letters? |
| Advice that the four long entries with circles failed to follow |
| Angelic circles |
| Geometric curves |
| Expanding-circle film effect |
| Primitive area, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| Baking conveniences, and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| Abandoned, and a description of one of this puzzle's circled words |