| FOURSQUARE | Kids' ball game played on a court ... or a hint to finding the second key letter in this puzzle |
| PIVOT | Move on a court or a diamond |
| DOESNTHAVEACLUE | Is completely oblivious ... or a hint to finding the fourth key letter in this puzzle |
| UNDERTHESEA | "The Little Mermaid" hit ... or a phonetic hint to finding the third key letter in this puzzle |
| ENDOFTHEROAD | Final stop ... or a hint to finding the first key letter in this puzzle |
| NET | Textile such as tulle for tutus and veils; a strip dividing a badminton or tennis court; or, a canopy around a bed to keep mosquitoes at bay (3) |
| MONOGRAM | Clothing embroidery, maybe, and a hint to finding the "insiders" in the answers to starred clues |
| PHANTOMTHREAD | 2017 film about an obsessive tailor, or a hint to finding the word that's "sewn" into this puzzle |
| CLINK | Sound of touching glasses in a toast (and a hint to finding the contest answer) |
| BETWEENYOUANDME | "Entre nous ...," or a phonetic hint to finding the secret in this puzzle |
| PICKLE | ___ball is a game invented in the 1960s and that is played on a court with paddles and a perforated plastic ball (6) |
| CORNERSTORE | Neighborhood business, or a hint to finding the contest answer |
| BREAKDANCES | Busts some acrobatic moves ... and a hint to finding six moves busted across black squares in this puzzle |
| FIAT | A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge). |
| HABEASCORPUS | In law, a writ ordering a person to be brought before a court or judge |
| SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS | Sound of the shower depicted by a single letter in this puzzle |
| PELOTA | Basque or Spanish game, played on a court with ball and racket (6) |
| ONE | Point value in Scrabble of every letter in this puzzle |
| XMARKSTHESPOT | Map phrase ... and a hint to finding this week's final answe |
| POLO | Ball game played on horseback, one of the world's oldest known team sports (4) |
