The term 'SEE 31-ACROSS' is an instruction to look at the answer to the clue in the 31st row across. The solutions to the crossword are: RULES (5 letters), ARBOR (5 letters), SOW (3 letters), ALDA (4 letters), AWAD (4 letters), FUSS (4 letters), GUNS (4 letters), WARS (4 letters), ITSAT (5 letters), WOMAN (5 letters), OOOOOO (6 letters), PLANET (6 letters), DEADEYE (7 letters), NEEDIER (7 letters), BYITSELF (8 letters), HOLIDAYS (8 letters), PRUSSIAN (8 letters), QUESTION (8 letters), INTHEDARK (9 letters), TREATMENT (9 letters), WRITEOFFS (9 letters), CHALLENGED (10 letters), and SATISFACTION (12 letters). These words are all related to different topics, such as RULES, ARBOR, SOW, ALDA, Awad, FUSS, GUNS, wars, itsat, WOMAN, oooooo, PLANET, deadeye, needier, byitself, holidays, Prussian, QUESTION, inthedark, TREATMENT, writeoffs, challenged, and SATISFACTION.