| Scandinavian region |
| Wine region |
| Regions |
| Antarctic sea. |
| Arctic seabird |
| Inky regions |
| Region near the Arctic Circle known for its reindeer |
| Barbarian in the seventh circle of the Inferno, per Dante |
| Ancient Asia Minor coastal region |
| How some regions are populated |
| Antarctic ice shelf |
| Arid region |
| Confusing statements ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| Ancient Athenian region |
| Attend a party uninvited ... and a literal hint to five sets of circled letters |
| Midwest region |
| Brest's region |
| Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| Region opposite Hong Kong |
| Legume that does well in semiarid regions |
| Bucolic Greek region, in poesy |
| Arctic diving birds |
| Arctic residents |
| 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 |
| Ancient region of present-day Turkey |
| Agrarian structure, and a hint to the circled letters |
| Cryptographers' successes (and what can be found in the circles in this puzzle's long answers) |
| Arctic assistant |