| Literally, ''I'' |
| African city of 4+ million whose name means, literally, "haven of peace |
| Literally, "skill |
| Literally, "want of blood |
| Literally, "already seen |
| Literally, "white mountain |
| Part of a Tibetan Buddhist title that means, literally, "ocean |
| Literally, ''at another time'' |
| Letters within the theme entries that are, literally, next to nothing |
| Literally, "Land of the Aryans |
| Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?" sitcom ... or, literally, occupants of this puzzle's circles |
| What a nine-to-fiver works ... or, literally, what each set of circled letters represents |
| __ noire: literally, "black beast |
| Literally, "smothered |
| Literally, "like a donkey |
| Literally, "of nothing |
| Literally, "ocean" in Mongolian |
| Literally, "I burn |
| Some bedcovers ... or, literally, what the four unclued answers are |
| Literally, "for this |
| Literally, "meditation |
| Literally, "before the meal |
| Literally, "tray gardening |
| That's all she wrote," and literally, what the last word of each starred answer can be |
| Terra ___ (literally, baked earth) |
| Literally, "sulking place |
| Literally, it means "lover |
| Literally, French for "injured |
| Literally, "small hook |
| Literally, "one who laces snowshoes |