| FIFTEENS | Daily crosswords, to puzzle pros (so-called from the number of squares per side) |
| HIP | What it is to be square, per Huey Lewis and the News |
| ISPY | Name for a variant of hideand- seek originally, so called from the cry when one was found; or, a later guessing game that inspired a series of spotter guidebooks (1-3) |
| TALLEST | Like Margo Dydek, among all WNBA pros so far |
| LSEVEN | Unhip one(so-called from the shape) |
| HOOFER | Dance pro, so to speak |
| EGGANDSPOONRACE | Can pro so engaged, when stumbling, win this? (3-3-5,4) |
| VINLAND | Coastal region of North America visited by Leif Ericsson and other Vikings from about 1000 AD, named from the number of grapes growing there (7) |
| TURNOUT | From the number of people attending, prove to be (4,3) |
| REAM | Quantity of paper varying from the number of sheets |
| WSJ | Newspaper that finally started running daily crosswords, briefly |
| PASTIMES | Old man's daily crosswords etc (8) |
| MINIS | Some daily crosswords |
| IONIA | Region on the west coast of Asia Minor, so-called from having been colonised by a branch of the Hellenic race (5) |
| COBALT | "Demon, fairy or imp of the mine", atomic no. 27, so called from miners' belief that malicious goblins put said "mischievous" metal in the silver ore (6) |
| THREE | Number of squares in the width and height of this puzzle's city blocks |
| GOLDENEAGLE | Which large bird of prey is so called from its yellow-tipped head feathers? (6,5) |
| PIECESOFEIGHT | Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle |
| TEN | Number of squares on a side of a Vulture crossword |
| TENPENNY | Denoting a 3" nail, so-called from its original cost |
