What's revealed by connecting the special squares in this puzzle in order

Question:

Answer:

PARALLELOGRAM

Length:

Similar Crossword Questions:

Start of a brainteaser whose answer appears in order, from top to bottom, in this puzzle's circled squares
Welcome mat spot (our puzzle title hints at the theme revealed by the pattern of circled squares)
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actor
Question asked by a customs officer or a kid on Christmas ... with a hint to this puzzle's circled squares
What eight squares in this puzzle contain, thus creating a cipher key
Complete set of 12 shapes formed by this puzzle's black squares
Wintry mix revealed in the circled letters (it's the puzzle theme!)
Puzzle with number squares
Company whose movies, not counting sequels, are all included in this puzzle [Circled Squares: 2009]
Mail conveniences ... or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle
Secret get-together, or what occurs literally in each of this puzzle's circled squares
Type of gear on which the letters in this puzzle's nine theme squares are arrayed
Second letters of this puzzle's five theme answers (seen in order)
Alice Walker novel ... or a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle
Row of black squares preceding or following six puzzle answers, thereby completing them
What this puzzle's four missing clues spell, in order
Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent
Movie good guys responsible for the circled squares in eight long puzzle answers
Hint to filling in four squares in this puzzle
What the highlighted squares in this puzzle represent
Company "sorted" in this puzzle's circled squares
Total value of the symbols created by the special crossings in this puzzle
Inventor whose name is spelled out by the horizontal lines of special characters in this puzzle
Somewhat suspect (and a hint to what can be found by connecting the circled letters in alphabetical order)
Common interface that is a model for several squares in this puzzle