| 1 | At first, Tom Hanks shows gratitude (6) |
| 7 | After heading to home, it's a baseball player's goal (3) |
| 8 | Stare at engagement rings, totally absorbed? (5) |
| 9 | Length x width within square approximation (4) |
| 11 | Oklahoma keeping a producer of acorns (3) |
| 12 | Deserve near-disaster (4) |
| 16 | Jump every fourth year? (4) |
| 18 | Listening device for most of our planet? (3) |
| 20 | Deer retreating in grass (4) |
| 21 | What a bat might do with its last wing? (5) |
| 22 | Young boy starting to like commercial (3) |
| 23 | Morays swimming around city leaders (6) |
