| Impress firmly |
| Attend a party uninvited ... and a literal hint to five sets of circled letters |
| Bassets and spaniels |
| Stick firmly |
| Agcy. that sets (often surprisingly high) maximum standards for the amounts of the circled materials in edible goods |
| Org. that sets law school standards |
| United firmly |
| Affixes firmly |
| Imprint firmly |
| Mame's corsets |
| Assets minus liabilities |
| Declare firmly |
| Fasten closely and firmly |
| Affirm firmly |
| Nineteenth-century stage genre involving watery sets |
| First light ... or a phenomenon suggested by this puzzle's seven sets of circled letters? |
| Asserted firmly |
| Ancestors of the present-day Ossets |
| Assets and liabilities |
| Firmly implanted |
| Fabergé-egg insets |
| Sets forth thoroughly |
| Implants firmly |
| Grasp firmly |
| Beagles and bassets |
| What sets a straphanger on autopilot? |
| Firmly affixed, in a way |
| Liquidates one's assets, with "in |
| Firmly add on |
| Affix firmly |