| APGAR | Dr. Virginia or her newborn test score |
| BROOKE | Chester lass who has given away her newborn baby (6,8) |
| HATHAWAY | Chester lass who has given away her newborn baby (6,8) |
| MOM | Cleo McQueen is struggling to be a ___ to her newborn son Joseph in Hollyoaks (3) |
| BOYSDONT | "___ Cry" (1999 Hilary Swank drama...or what she probably realizes is false now about one of her newborns?) |
| KID | "The Next Karate ___" (1994 Hilary Swank drama...or what one of her newborns might become if they get inspired by watching it?) |
| DANVILLE | City of Virginia or Illinois |
| NAME | Dakota, Virginia, or Georgia, e.g. |
| TECH | Virginia or Georgia follower |
| STATE | Virginia or Vermont, for example |
| HAM | Word after Virginia or Westphalian |
| WEST | Word with Virginia or Indies |
| MADSEN | Actor sibling Virginia or Michael |
| AVE | Virginia or Tennessee, in Monopoly: Abbr. |
| JAVA | Jamaica, Virginia or island farther east (4) |
| NEVADA | Advanced study set up to include Virginia or another state (6) |
| SCH | U.Va. or M.I.T. |
| NAVALBASE | For example, Norfolk, Va or Portsmouth, Hants (5,4) |
| ORALE | Mexican Spanish word before "va" or "pues" |
| SET | What you did to the curve if you got the top test score (or a chess game, with all of its pieces) |
