| COMICCON | Large gathering with cosplay spelled using only the letters in "Nomic": Hyph. (Theme answer: The first word is a type of performing artist and the second word is something of unexpected low quality.) |
| NERD | ___ Out at the Garden (California Botanic Garden event with cosplay and trivia) |
| RENFAIRE | Festival with cosplay, briefly |
| GASTRO | Prefix with -nomic |
| ERGO | Lead-in to -nomic |
| YOYOMA | Name spelled using only the letters in "mayo": 2 wds., 1 Hyph. (Theme answer: The first two words of this artist's name spell a classic toy) |
| LONGDISTANCE | "Separated by many miles" qualifier whose first word is the opposite of "short": Hyph. (Theme answer: The second half of this answer is a synonym for "personal view.") |
| ZSCORE | Statistical value whose last five letters spell a word meaning "make a goal in sports": Hyph. (Theme answer: This answer begins with a letter associated with sleepiness.) |
| TERMINATOR | With "The," Schwarzenegger film released 10/26/1984, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in the fir |
| SELFWORTH | Internal feeling of importance whose second word is a synonym for "value": Hyph. (Theme answer: The circled letters anagram to "flower.") |
| HOCUSPOCUS | Witch's rhyming phrase whose last five letters anagram to "coups": Hyph. (Theme answer: Two letters appear consecutively two times in this word.) |
| THIGHHIGH | Boots descriptor whose second word is the opposite of "low": Hyph. (Theme answer: Both words in this clothing-describing phrase rhyme with "eye") |
| TIEDYE | Hippie-style swirly color pattern: Hyph. (Theme answer: Both words in this clothing-describing phrase rhyme with "eye") |
| WABISABI | Aesthetic formed by BI + an anagram of "wasabi": Hyph. (Theme answer: "Bi" appears twice in this answer) |
| ANDERSEN | Danish author of a number of fairy tales including The Fir Tree, The Little Match Girl, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Snow Man (8) |
| GLADHANDS | Verb meaning "performs political niceties" whose only vowel is A: Hyph. (Theme answer: This answer is a synonym for "pleased" + a plural body part.) |
| MORISOT | Depicted in a well-known portrait by her husband's brother Edouard Manet, the artist who was the fir |
| PINE | With cones and fragrant needlelike leaves, a conifer that, like its relatives the fir and the spruce, is often used as a Christmas tree (4) |
| DAVIDDOUGLAS | Scottish botanist who discovered many trees in North America including the - fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii (5,7) |
| DOROTHYGALE | Character who, in a movie released nationally 70 years ago today, sang the ballad formed by the firs |
