| ISITA | "___ ___ _ go?" (Was the thumbs-up given?) |
| HOST | W_ _'_ go_ the mic? |
| WASIT | "how ___ ___?" (Was the dessert tasty?) |
| CHINA | Where the board game Go was invented |
| LAVIGNE | Avril, Canadian singer/songwriter whose debut album Let Go was released in 2002 (7) |
| GOODPEOPLE | "I don't see them on the TV shows, where did all the ___ ___ go?": 2005 song by Jack Johnson (4,6) |
| ORTO | "Is that for here ___ ___ go?" (Order counter query) |
| DIDHE | "Which way ___ _ go?" |
| ESPOUSED | Last of the employed taking surgeries up, given one's support (8) |
| SLAPSTICK | Make-up given criticism - it was simply laughable |
| SWADDLE | Wrap up, given direction to go off |
| PUB | The local back-up given to borough leader (3) |
| EMBRACED | The writer pulled back, tensed up, given a cuddle (8) |
| WHEREDOWE | Billie Eilish's debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, ___ Go? (5,2,2) |
| TIP | Hole up, given the information (3) |
| BOLETUS | Throw up, given suet pudding and fungus |
| ANIMATED | A male in jail turned up, given life (8) |
| ROTTEN | Hill going up given X-bad! (6) |
| CONTRIBUTION | In a sorry state, starts to buck up, given financial assistance |
| ASCEND | Get up, given a whirl in dances |
