The answers to twelve of the clues in the list at the bottom can be formed by adding a phoneme between the answers to the clues in one of the twelve pictures in the first set.
Those added phonemes, when placed in their appropriate lettered positions in the second set of pictures, form the ends of the answers to the other six clues at the bottom.
The missing phonemes from those six answers are ANN CIR BEE BULL BRA KS, or ANSWER BEEBLEBROX, so the answer is BEEBLEBROX (as in Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed character from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy").
| Run away from it? (4) | A | Possess (3) | Kreuk role (4) | B | Musical affinity (3) | Biblical sustenance (5) | C | "Ok by me" (4) | Whinny (4) | D | Like some recent applications (3) | |||
| HIDE | ROWS | OWN | LANG | CASH | EAR | MANNA | FLEE | SURE | BRAY | CUS | WET | |||
| HYDROZONE | LANCASHIRE | MAN OF LEISURE | BREAK A SWEAT | |||||||||||
| Seizure of power (4) | E | Is certain about (5) | Complaint (4) | F | Carpet fasteners (5) | Andy Warhol subject (4) | G | Expresses relief (5) | Umpire's call (4) | H | Reduce in temperature (4) | |||
| COUP | BAA | KNOWS | BEEF | OR | TACKS | SOUP | UR | SIGHS | SAFE | TEES | COOL | |||
| CUBANOS | BEFORE TAX | SUPERSIZE | SAFETY SCHOOL | |||||||||||
| Damage (3) | I | One of the Five Ws (4) | The Suicide Squad actor (4) | J | Consider, as options (5) | 1976 US Open winner over Evonne (5) | K | Aficionado (5) | Cry of surprise (3) | L | Snitch (4) | |||
| MAR | COE | WHEN | CENA | CHI | WEIGH | CHRIS | PING | LOVER | EEK | LIP | SING | |||
| MARK OWEN | SCENIC HIGHWAY | CRISPIN GLOVER | ECLIPSING | |||||||||||
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | |||||||||||
| ROWS | ANN | CASH | FLEE | CIR | CUS | BAA | BEE | OR | UR | BULL | TEES | COE | BRA | CHI | PING | KS | LIP | |||||
| ROSANNE CASH | FLEA CIRCUS | BOBBY ORR | HERBAL TEAS | COBRA KAI | PINK SLIP | |||||||||||||||||
- Area of plants with similar water needs - HYDROZONE
- Attraction that provides little entertainment?: 2 wds. - FLEA CIRCUS
- Blackpool's location - LANCASHIRE
- Contents of some bags of leaves: 2 wds. - HERBAL TEAS
- Gross: 2 wds. - BEFORE TAX
- Guy on vacation, perhaps: 3 wds. - MAN OF LEISURE
- Last place you want to be admitted?: 2 wds. - SAFETY SCHOOL
- Mr. World portrayer: 2 wds. - CRISPIN GLOVER
- Option at McDonald's between 1992 and 2004 - SUPERSIZE
- Overtaking in importance - ECLIPSING
- Route marked in California with a poppy: 2 wds. - SCENIC HIGHWAY
- Sandwiches with ham, pork, Swiss, pickles, and mustard, familiarly - CUBANOS
- "September When It Comes" singer: 2 wds. - ROSANNE CASH
- Series set 34 years after the events of a 1984 film: 2 wds. - COBRA KAI
- Take That member: 2 wds. - MARK OWEN
- Two-time Conn Smythe Trophy winner: 2 wds. - BOBBY ORR
- Walking papers: 2 wds. - PINK SLIP
- What you might not do during an easy task: 3 wds. - BREAK A SWEAT