| Comprising only top performers |
| Agcy. that sets (often surprisingly high) maximum standards for the amounts of the circled materials in edible goods |
| Aggressively enterprising person |
| Class comprising ants, flies, etc. |
| One of the 30 companies comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average |
| Words expressing a sad, surprising turn of events |
| ___ Moon Rising" (1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival song) |
| Animal not related to a hippo, surprisingly |
| Constellation depicted with rising smoke |
| Where one is surprisingly taken? |
| Surprising "gift |
| Pastry developed by Austrians, surprisingly |
| Routine upon arising |
| Language quintet comprising the only elements in the circled boxes |
| Leader of the Autumn Harvest Uprising |
| Autumn Harvest Uprising figure |
| ___ Revolution (2005 Lebanese uprising) |
| Constantly rising things in gentrifying neighborhoods |
| ___ Moon Rising" (1969 song by Creedence Clearwater Revival) |
| Dorothy's aunt's precipitation is surprisingly mild? |
| Ironic exclamation before an unsurprising announcement |
| Bashar al-___ (Syrian president and uprising focus) |
| Site of Celtic uprising? |
| Channel that does not broadcast this puzzle's programs, surprisingly |
| Uprising over a tax on dark beers? |
| Surprisingly contradictory |
| Cause of many uprisings |
| Surprisingly |
| Disorderly uprisings |
| Like Larry of the Three Stooges, surprisingly |