| MOWINGTHELAWN | Field work that's illustrated in this puzzle |
| PLAYHIDEANDSEEK | Participate in a common children's game, as illustrated in this puzzle |
| TIREROTATION | Mechanic's job, literally illustrated in this puzzle |
| STACKEDDECK | Metaphorical means of cheating at cards, illustrated in this puzzle |
| PARIS | "___ Is Burning" (groundbreaking 1990 documentary illustrated in this puzzle) |
| ROYALFLUSH | Big hand illustrated in this puzzle (assuming all the same suit) |
| COINS | Items that can circulate or be tossed ... as illustrated in this puzzle's six sets of circles |
| FREESTYLESKIING | Winter Olympics discipline, as illustrated in this puzzle's theme entries (and title) |
| TIMEWARP | "Rocky Horror" dance illustrated in this grid [and then a step to the right] |
| BLACKMIRROR | British TV series that's illustrated literally in this puzzle |
| THEMASKEDSINGER | Reality music show that's illustrated literally four times in this puzzle |
| ECLIPSE | Heavenly display that's visible today . . . and that's illustrated three times within this puzzle |
| DESCRIBED | Southern pirate in exploit that's illustrated (9) |
| MICROSCOPE | Magnifier developed by Galileo and used in the observations illustrated in Robert Hooke's book in which he coined the biological term "cell" (10) |
| NORMARAE | Field work of note in 1979 |
| FARM | Field-work in country of Armenia (4) |
| TARTAN | What patterns are illustrated in Vestiarium Scoticum, published in 1842? (6) |
| SHEPHERDSCROOK | The woman and her detective sergeant holding power over criminal staff employed in field work |
| TINDALE | Who, in 1940, coming from extensive research and field work, published a map of Australia (which now bears his name) showing the diversity of Aboriginal languages and nation groups? (7) |
| EFFECT | Butterfly -; in chaos theory, a hypothetical example (illustrated in fractals) of how small changes can lead to big differences over time (6) |
