| GETLUCKY | Phrase meaning "benefit from good fortune" whose first five letters anagram to "glute": 2 wds. |
| HAVEITMADE | Benefit from good fortune |
| HOPPINGMAD | "Irate" equivalent whose first five letters anagram to "hippo": 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first word is a synonym for "leaping," and the last word is an emotion.) |
| PASYSTEM | Loudspeaker setup whose first five letters anagram to "spays": 2 wds., 1 abbr. |
| PECLASS | H.S. exercise course whose first five letters anagram to "place": 2 wds., 1 Abbr. |
| CGIARTIST | Post-production Hollywood worker whose first five letters anagram to "cigar": 2 wds., 1 abbr. |
| IDEAMAP | Diagram of one's thoughts whose first five letters anagram to "aimed": 2 wds. |
| CALLITADAY | "Stop working" equivalent whose first five letters anagram to "lilac" and whose last word is the opposite of "night": 4 wds. |
| FIREALARM | Emergency signal whose first five letters anagram to "I fear": 2 wds. (Theme answer: The natural elements in a band name are followed by something you can hear) |
| STRADDLE | Verb meaning "sit atop with legs apart" whose first five letters anagram to "darts" |
| OHITSON | "This competition has officially begun!" equivalent whose first five letters anagram to "hoist": 3 wds. |
| ENTOMBS | Word meaning "puts in a crypt" whose first five letters anagram to "Monet" |
| SPECIFY | Verb meaning "explain in detail" whose first five letters anagram to "spice" |
| SPOONBILL | Flying animal whose first five letters anagram to "snoop" (Theme answer: The first part of this answer is a piece of cutlery, and the second part follows the pattern B _ L L.) |
| LABORS | Synonym for "works really hard" whose first five letters anagram to "Oral-B" |
| ONRAMPS | Inclined highway approaches whose first five letters anagram to "manor": Hyph. |
| INDIGENOUS | Synonym for Native whose first five letters anagram to "dig in" |
| INEXACT | Synonym for "approximate" whose first five letters anagram to "Xenia" |
| SOMEONE | Unspecified person whose first five letters anagram to "moose" |
| ANCHOVY | Salty pizza topping whose first five letters anagram to "nacho" |