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by Scott Handelman

Answers:

BOOKWORM
COCOON
COSPONSORS
ENTICING
ENUMERATE
MEDLEY
OCTOPOD
PINHEAD
SUBSTITUTE
TORCHWOOD

Pair the answers by length, and notice that one set contains only O’s for vowels (like a three ring circus!), whereas the other set contains no O’s:

COCOON MEDLEY
OCTOPOD PINHEAD
BOOKWORM ENTICING
TORCHWOOD ENUMERATE
COSPONSORS SUBSTITUTE

Read the letters corresponding to O’s to obtain the answer: ELEPHANT IN A TUTU.