| NOBLEFIR | Plant whose middle six letters anagram to "foible": 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first word is a descriptor similar to "regal") |
| JETTISON | Synonym for "throw overboard" whose middle six letters anagram to "Tiesto" (Theme answer: This answer starts with a mode of transportation and ends with a family member) |
| AVERAGEJOE | Everyday person whose middle six letters anagram to "Jaeger": 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first word is a synonym for "normal" and the second word is slang for the caffeinated drink in 12-Across) |
| BASSSOLO | Jazz improv from an upright instrument whose middle six letters anagram to "lassos": 2 wds. |
| FOOLEDME | Hoax victim's exclamation whose middle six letters anagram to "loomed": 2 wds. |
| MEALPLAN | Campus eating program whose middle six letters anagram to "paella": 2 wds. |
| LOCHNESS | "Monster"-inhabited Scottish lake whose middle six letters anagram to "chosen": 2 wds. |
| PARAFFIN | Waxy material whose middle six letters anagram to "affair" |
| BURNTENDS | Barbecue offering whose first six letters anagram to "bunter": 2 wds. (Theme answer: An adjective related to proximity to fire is followed by a word meaning "last parts") |
| TERMPAPER | Final writing assignment whose first six letters anagram to "PR team": 2 wds. (Theme answer: A stretch of time is followed by a piece of output) |
| FASHIONFAUXPAS | Style gaffes whose first six letters anagram to "oafish": 3 wds. (Theme answer: The last word of this answer sounds like "paws") |
| PRINTADS | Spots that companies run in magazines whose central six letters anagram to "darn it": 2 wds. (Theme answer: A word in this puzzle's title has "slices" taken away from it as you go down the grid.) |
| FULLHOUSE | TV show whose outer six letters anagram to "useful": 2 wds. (Theme answer: One end of a fuel gauge + a human's home) |
| CARDAMOM | Aromatic ingredient whose first six letters anagram to "C-drama" (Theme answer: This answer starts with a mode of transportation and ends with a family member) |
| TRAILBLAZER | Portland NBA player whose first six letters anagram to "tribal" (Theme answer: A verb opposite "lead" precedes a formal garment) |
| OFFTHEWALL | Synonym for "bizarre" whose last six letters anagram to "ah, well": 3 wds. (Theme answer: The first word is the opposite of the first word of 17-Across, and the third word is a vertical divider.) |
| ICANTSEEIT | Phrase similar to "my view is obstructed" whose first six letters anagram to "antics": 4 wds. |
| ABOLITIONISTS | Activists fighting to put a full end to something whose outer six letters anagram to "boasts" |
| GIRLSCOUT | Member of a kid's troop whose last six letters anagram to "locust": 2 wds. |
| OVENMITT | Glove for touching hot cooking items whose first six letters anagram to "move in": 2 wds. |
