| BABYBOY | Certain infant: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first part is a young human and the second part is a gender identity) |
| MANCHILD | Insulting term whose middle four letters anagram to "inch" (Theme answer: The first part is a gender identity and the second part is a young human) |
| ENESCO | "Légende" composer Georges |
| PREEMIE | Certain infant: Colloq. |
| CHAN | Gemma ___, star of Humans and The FiveStar Weekend (4) |
| NURSERY | For young humans and young plants (7) |
| SANTABABY | Holiday tune formed by Mr. Claus's first name + a synonym for "infant": 2 wds. |
| BABYSTEPS | Units of incremental progress whose first word is similar to "infant": 2 wds. |
| BABYFOOD | Nourishment for an infant: 2 wds. |
| CHILD | A young human being (5) |
| FOETUS | A young human being or animal before birth (6) |
| BEACHBALL | Inflatable spherical toy brought to the oceanside: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first part is something related to the shore, and the second part is a word meaning "enjoyable experience.") |
| SANDBLAST | Abrasive smoothing technique formed by an anagram of "bands" + the opposite of "first" (Theme answer: The first part is something related to the shore, and the second part is a word meaning "enjoyable |
| SPEEDCAMERA | Device that takes photos of cars being driven too fast: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first part is a word associated with rapidness, and the second part forms a movie set trio with the ends of 11- and 29 |
| HEADSTRONG | Adjective meaning "very willful" formed by an anagram of "and others" + G (Theme answer: The first part is a part of the body, and the second part describes some tea.) |
| FOOTLOOSE | Song about dancing spelled using only the letters in "to self" (Theme answer: The first part is a part of the body, and the second part describes some tea.) |
| OOMPH | Writer whose name is an anagram of "draw aside" + D: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first part is a nickname for the first part of 14-Across, and the second part is a speaking-related verb) |
| EDWARDSAID | Writer whose name is an anagram of "draw aside" + D: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first part is a nickname for the first part of 14-Across, and the second part is a speaking-related verb) |
| SILO | Conference speech whose middle five letters anagram to "delta": 2 wds., 1 abbr. (Theme answer: The first part is a nickname for the first part of 23-Across, and the second part is a speaking-related v |
| TEDTALK | Conference speech whose middle five letters anagram to "delta": 2 wds., 1 abbr. (Theme answer: The first part is a nickname for the first part of 23-Across, and the second part is a speaking-related v |
