| SNITCHING | Criminal slang for 'betraying', based on a word for the nose (9) |
| CONK | Slang word for the nose or head (4) |
| STONEWALL | 1969 LGTBQ+ uprising site ... or any side of this grid, based on a word that can follow each starred answer? |
| SCHNOZZLE | US slang (from Yiddish) for the nose (9) |
| TURNINGIN | Calling it a day for betraying |
| SAGACIOUS | A word for the wise (9) |
| BUNG | Criminal slang for a bribe; or a cork (4) |
| BARK | A word for the abrupt cry of a dog; the tannin-rich covering of a tree trunk; a poetic word for a boat; or, fruit-and-nut-topped chocolate broken into jagged pieces |
| TERRIER | Breed of dog whose name is based on a word meaning "land" |
| HOTONE | 100-degree day, say ... or each starred answer's end, based on a word that can precede it? |
| AREA | Originally meaning "space allocated for a specific purpose", a word for the extent/measurement of a surface or piece of land; a field of study; or, a geographical region (4) |
| CLINIC | From the Greek for "bed", a word for the teaching of medicine at the bedside originally, later a private or specialist hospital for outpatients (6) |
| ECONOMY | From the Greek for "house", a word for the management of a household originally, later the administration of a country/community's finances (7) |
| TOOLEDUP | Criminal slang for armed (6,2) |
| ICE | Criminal slang for diamonds (3) |
| SONATA | The piece initially starts on a word of thanks (6) |
| RETYPE | Set (the same text) again on a word processor |
| ABUTS | Borders on a word of objection over a certain point (5) |
| ACCENT | A diacritical mark on a word such as an acute or circumflex (6) |
| FAUNA | Derived from the name of the sister of a Roman god of forests, a word for the assemblage of all animal life in a particular region or time (5) |
