| AEIOUY | Alphabetical sestet you'll find together in our six theme entries |
| HOHOHO | Syllables of the season ... you can even find them in our six theme entries |
| ASHE | Stadium you might soon visit for the U.S. Open; it's hidden in our six theme entries |
| EEAAO | Film that won Best Picture this year, for short; it's also the vowel pattern found in our six theme entries |
| EPEE | Crossword-friendly sport with a French name that you can see at the Paris Olympics this summer; it's hidden in our six theme entries, cutting left or right |
| HOLDEM | Poker variant our six theme entries seem to be playing |
| OCANADA | Noted national anthem ... or what you might call each of our six theme entries |
| NOAHSARK | Where animals traveled two by two, as illustrated by our six theme entries |
| WORDLE | Viral game that uses only five-letter words, as our six theme entries do; their first letters spell out the game's name |
| YEARS | Teaching 101 courses would work for our six theme entries; each lived to be 101 of these |
| SAND | It gets everywhere during a beach trip - why, it's even gotten into our six theme entries |
| TOBECONTINUED | With more on the way ... or how you might describe our six theme entries, considering how their two words begin |
| BROKENRECORD | "You sound like a ___" (phrase to a repetitive type ... or a hint to our six theme entries) |
| DECOLORIZATION | Process used in hair salons ... and on our six theme movies |
| TEES | What the six theme entries have in common |
| DROPIT | "Enough!," and a hint to this puzzle's six theme entries |
| UKRAINE | Country whose flag is graphically represented by this puzzle's six theme entries |
| FRIENDSINHIGHPLACES | Good thing to have, as illustrated by this puzzle's six theme entries |
| SIRI | Assistant you might accidentally summon by saying any of this puzzle's six theme entries, if you say "Hey" first |
| GELT | Candy you can win this holiday season ... our six entries have gobbled some up (look in either direction, as a dreidel can spin) |
