| UNHHHH | Comedy show whose last four letters are the same |
| NBAONTNT | Sports show whose last episode was Game 6 of the 2025 Eastern Conference finals |
| CSI | TV show whose last episode was called "Immortality" |
| BARRY | Bill Hader show whose last season premiered on April 16 |
| HACKASHAQ | Rhyming NBA jargon whose first four letters spell a verb for someone illegally accessing a computer and whose last four letters are the nickname for NBA superstar O'Neal: Hyph. |
| VERMONT | State whose last four letters are the first four letters of its capital |
| EBIKE | Pedaled vehicle whose last four letters are spelled in the odd letters of "brickle": Hyph. |
| POPART | Creative genre whose last four letters are a synonym for "segment": 2 wds. |
| COAXES | Synonym for "convinces" whose last four letters are tools that lumberjacks use |
| WEREWOLF | "Twilight" creature whose first four letters are the past tense of "are" (Theme answer: The circled letters anagram to "flower.") |
| QUEUE | Word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| DOSIDO | Hoedown step whose first two letters are the same as its last two letters: Hyph. |
| POKEMONBATTLE | Video game face-off whose first word is formed by a raw fish dish + an abbreviation for the day before Tuesday: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first four letters are the same as the first word of 20-Across |
| SUSS | Verb meaning "puzzle" whose first, third, and fourth letters are the same |
| AAAS | Small power sources whose first three letters are the same: Abbr. |
| OHHI | Surprised greeting whose second and third letters are the same: 2 wds. |
| LULL | Synonym for "soothe" whose first, third, and fourth letters are the same |
| ESTEE | First name whose first, fourth, and fifth letters are the same vowel |
| EWW | Repulsed exclamation whose second and third letters are the same |
| BBALL | Game with three-pointers and slam dunks whose first two letters are the same: Hyph., Abbr. |
