The only grading letters that appear anywhere in this puzzle (other than the present clue)

Question:

Answer:

EFS

Length:

Similar Crossword Questions:

Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid)
Clue to this puzzle's theme
This completed puzzle has 10 of them, each three letters long, reading diagonally
Second of a pair of letters swapped six times in this puzzle's theme entries
Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle
"Forget it!" (and a clue to this puzzle's theme)
TV feature, and a clue to six other answers in this puzzle
Type of gear on which the letters in this puzzle's nine theme squares are arrayed
Solver's dilemma when faced with the clue "Telecom letters"
School phrase with a clue to this puzzle's theme
Big fight, and clue to this puzzle's theme that begins the four longest answers
Ones whose names are spelled by this puzzle's circled letters ... with representatives of two realms "wrestling" for supremacy
Period that ends Nov. 3rd, requiring a shift, and letters that shift in this puzzle's theme entries
Dictionary source for each asterisked clue in this puzzle
Past-tense verb that is the same as its present-tense form minus the fourth and fifth letters
Many a puzzle clue ending in "?"
One more than the number of different letters in this puzzle
Office building problem that's a hint to this puzzle's theme entries (see their last three letters)
Intrepid [Editor's note: This clue appears in heavier type (without the asterisks) in the print version of the puzzle. AcrossLite can't handle that, so just imaging that it's written in darker type.]
Common crossword clue letters
Heavy brew, and a clue to this puzzle's theme
Rap sheet letters hidden in this puzzle's longest answers
"___ is completely over" (baffling statement made by Prince on 7/5/10 that also serves as a clue how to find four answers in this puzzle)
First of a pair of letters swapped six times in this puzzle's theme entries
City whose language uses only the 12 letters found in this puzzle