| GLASSCLIFF | Metaphor for a high-risk leadership position that may set a woman or nonbinary person up for failure |
| HOTSEAT | Uncomfortable position that may set one's trousers on fire? |
| TESTCASE | International on the box that may set a precedent (4,4) |
| CIS | Not trans or nonbinary |
| ENBY | Nonbinary person, for short |
| BONNET | A man's soft cap, such as the Scots Glengarry or Tam o' Shanter; a woman or child's hat with ribbons tied under the chin and brim framing the face; a cowl on a chimney; or, a velvet cap within a coron |
| BUNNY | What 17th Century term of endearment for a woman or child became a pet name for a rabbit? (5) |
| NOMINEE | No captor's recompensation for person up for election (7) |
| CURTSY | Equivalent to a man or boy's bow, a woman or girl's formal genuflection as a traditional way to greet the Queen (6) |
| MATRIARCH | A trim arch suited for a lady in leadership position |
| POWERVACUUM | Constitutional crisis that may suck someone into a leadership position |
| XGENDERMARKER | Feature of a nonbinary person's government ID, maybe |
| FRESHER | More familiar person up for the first time? |
| SIKH | Religious person up for some French kissing (4) |
| THREEWIDE | Close NASCAR position that may result in a photo finish |
| NEE | Once called for a woman, or rather for somebody who listens |
| SHE | A ship, a woman or a song, by Aznavour (3) |
| MIAHAMM | American former soccer player who held the record for mostn international goals scored by a woman or man until 2013: 2 wds. |
| LADIESFIRST | Gentleman door holder's words to a woman, or an alternate title for this puzzle |
| BLOUSE | French peasant's belted smock of old, today's shirt-like garment for a woman or an apparent "big girl" (6) |
