| RIFT | A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) (4) |
| RESONATE | This verb, meaning "to appeal to someone in a personal or emotional way," became more popular when ChatGPT began using it frequently this year |
| ISOLATION | Social separation of a person who has, or is suspected of having, a contagious disease (9) |
| FOES | Opposing factions |
| FOUL | It may be "personal" or "technical" in basketball |
| STOW | Pack to put between opposing card-players (4) |
| GULF | Deep sea inlet, as between Iran and Saudi Arabia (4) |
| THAW | Easing of tensions, as between band members |
| BOND | Tight connection, as between mother and baby |
| SLUR | Putdown, as between players |
| GAPS | Spaces as between teeth |
| SINGULAR | Word meaning alone or solitary; peculiar, personal or private; odd or strange; or, exceptionally good, great or remarkable (8) |
| TUG | A forcible pull; or, a hard struggle such as that between opposing teams at opposite ends of a rope (3) |
| VANDAL | A person who deliberately causes damage or destruction to personal or public property (6) |
| SCHISM | Division of a group into opposing factions |
| SPLIT | Division of a group into opposing factions. (5) |
| LEGALCASE | A dispute between opposing parties which may be resolved by a court (5,4) |
| BURSA | Sac or pouchlike cavity, especially one containing a fluid that reduces friction as between a tendon and a bone |
| INTERVAL | What is a break, as between acts of a play in a theatre (8) |
| ADDRESSBOOK | Log for personal or business contact details (7,4) |
