| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| FOCAL | Like the main point |
| GIST | The main point. |
| ASIDE | Comment off the main point |
| SIDEISSUE | It's not the main point |
| APOGEAL | Like the highest point in an orbit |
| ARCED | Like the NCAA basketball three-point line |
| APT | Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE |
| SEPTENDECENNIAL | Every seventeen years, and like my kinfolk's emergence (at which point we eventually catch up on the news) |
