| ARTLAB | Schoolroom that serves as a studio |
| MAKERSPACE | Schoolroom that might have a 3D printer or a laser cutter, and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| DRAWINGIN | Arriving and using as a studio (7,2) |
| GREENLIT | O.K.'d, as a studio film |
| PATTERN | An object such as a swatch or a dressmaker's paper template that serves as a model or a specimen; or, chintz, floral, hound's-tooth, Paisley, tartan, William Morris's Lodden or any other such decorati |
| EPILOGUE | A section at the end of a book or play that serves as a conclusion to what has happened (8) |
| DANDELIONWINE | 1957 Ray Bradbury title that serves as a metaphor for packing all of the joys of summer into a singl |
| BATSMOTEL | Horror drama that serves as a prequel to "Psycho" ... but set in a lodge full of flying mammals? |
| TESTCASE | A suit that serves as a pattern for others (4-4) |
| OBOE | Instrument that serves as a sex toy in a Lydia Davis story |
| MIRA | From the Latin meaning "wonderful" or "astonishing", a pulsating variable red giant in Cetus the Whale that serves as a prototype for its own class of stars (4) |
| BLOODORIGIN | New series' subtitle that serves as a prequel to a Netflix fantasy |
| UNCARVED | Like a block of wood that serves as a metaphor for pure potential, in Taoist thought |
| ORIFLAMME | Banner that serves as a rallying point |
| FORTEXAMPLE | Military base that serves as a good model? |
| ELIDE | Vowellike sound that serves as a consonant (5) |
| ALOE | Gel that serves as a balm for burns |
| LANDMARK | An object that serves as a guide (8) |
| EXAMPLE | Something that serves as a precedent (7) |
| OBJECTLESSON | Action that serves as a warning to others (6,6) |
