| ALI | Athlete who said, "I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked" |
| BERRA | Oft-quoted athlete who said, "I really didn't say everything I said" |
| ARCHAISM | It was once said I should invade Arabian Gulf |
| IMAS | "___ ready as I'll ever be" |
| TREAD | Stamp that's a trade-off (5) |
| HINGE | A cardinal direction - north, south, east or west; a device upon which a door or gate swings; the joint of a bivalve mollusc's shell; or, a philatelic mount for a postage stamp (5) |
| MOUNT | A microscope slide; a postage-stamp hinge; a backing for a gem/photograph; or, a horse suitable for riding (5) |
| ASHE | The cover photo of him from the 1992 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year issue was used in 2005 as a postage stamp |
| VIGNETTE | Portrait photograph with a faded border; central part of a postage stamp's design; or, an illustration at the start of a book or chapter (8) |
| GEORGOLDEN | Graphic designer who was the first African American to design a postage stamp |
| POSTAGESTAMPS | Team's stopgaps being trained ___ they don't get licked the way they used to be (7,6) |
| PENNYBLACK | Pack includes a sort of blenny got for a postage stamp (5,5) |
| HOMIES | "Give me a call if you ever get lonely / I'll be like one of your girls or your ___" (Troye Sivan lyric) |
| MYDEADBODY | "Only way you'll ever get me to tell!" teased Lazarus!? (4,2,4,4) |
| OVER | "Only way you'll ever get me to tell!" teased Lazarus!? (4,2,4,4) |
| ELEVEN | To be blunt, don't ever get the French to come over before noon |
| GLUE | It's on the back of a postage stamp |
| GWEN | Journalist Ifill who was depicted on a postage stamp in 2020 |
| TETEBECHE | Of a postage stamp, printed in an inverted position relative to another; French, ' head to tail' ( 4- 5) |
| ROUNDTABLE | Did King Arthur's knights ever get a square meal at this? (5-5) |
