| LIVE | "The category is . . . ___ . . . Work . . . Pose!" |
| JUSTTESTING | 'First category is Education: What is the primary function of the College Board?'...BZZZT... 'Noramu |
| AESOPSFABLES | Ancient work poses a false confection about Belgium (6,6) |
| GENTLYDOESIT | Be careful Man? Lecturer with ponytail is joining Fawn's mother for pose! (6,4,2) |
| HOLDIT | Maintain that gripping pose! |
| SEAANIMAL | Category whose name becomes that of an example of the category when you combine the first word and the last letter of the second word |
| DATIVE | The category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb (6) |
| POORTHINGS | Comedy for which Emma Stone won the Golden Globe last night in the category Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy |
| YEATS | Who won a silver medal for Ireland at the 1924 Olympics in the category of painting? (5) |
| WHEELOFFORTUNE | This game show filmed three weeks' worth of shows at the Opry House in 2003; FIDDLES, BANJOS, AND STEEL GUITARS was one round's answer, for the category "Things" |
| GRAMMY | Award won by DAMN. in the category of Best Rap Album |
| TYPIC | Pretty standard for the category |
| ATT | ___.com, site with the category "Cellphones & tablets" |
| AMONG | In the category of |
| RAZZIEAWARD | What "Dolittle" won in the category of Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel, in 2021 |
| SAGAR | Ramanand, whose name contains the category of serial(s) he used to make for TV |
| PIPER | Oscars 2017! Canadian filmmaker Alan Barillaro's nominated work in the category at #17-Across |
| MIDNIGHTOIL | Burn the ___ : work late into the night |
| OIL | Burn the midnight ___ (work late into the night) |
| WOMANS | "A ___ work is never done" |
