Use the words in the list at the bottom of the page to fill in the blanks in such a way as to construct &lit-style cryptic clues for the capitalized words. (The title is an &lit clue for CLUES.) There's one fewer word in the box than there are clues to be constructed, though. The constructed clues are as follows:
| Ordered tones! | NOTES | TONES anagram |
| "It's moderately yucky"?! | MILDEW | MILD "EW" |
| Daring new traveling! | ||
| Fuzzy-headed mammal! | FOX | F(uzzy)+OX |
| What our burden is?! | ONUS | ON US |
| Extremity of mammal, for example! | LEG | (mamma)L+E.G. |
| Reddish organisms (on the outside)! | FLAMINGOS | FLAMING + O(rganism)S |
| Cast, or characters in play! | ACTORS | CAST OR anagram |
| O false stuffed bird! | TOFURKEY | O F within TURKEY |
| Cute creature: Flipper, as it's called! | DOLPHIN | DOLL FIN homophone |
| What most of Dogma is about! | GOD | DOGma reversed |
| Reversing impulse to spread secret! | DISCREET | ID reversed + SECRET anagram |
| First person to be USA's #2! | ADAMS | ADAM+(u)S(a) |
| Tries again to cover top and bottom of scene! | REHEARSES | REHEARS containing S(cen)E |
| Russia, reorganized after abolishing last traces of Nikolai and Alexandra! | USSR | RUSSIA anagram minus (nikola)I, (alexandr)A |
The clue without a given answer is "Daring new traveling!" This is an &lit clue for WANDERING, which is the answer to the puzzle.