| SNL | Season seven of this sketch series featured Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo, for short |
| THEAMAZINGRACE | Season 7 of this American reality show took place partly in Botswana |
| TAYLOR | Teyana ___ Gonna Love Me singer who won season seven of The Masked Singer |
| WISEGUYS | 1986 film comedy starring Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo (4,4) |
| WISE | "___ Guys" (1986 crime comedy starring Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo) |
| NAP | Partner activity for Joey and Ross on "Friends" (season seven) |
| PARTTIMEJOB | Many a side hustle, and a description of seven of this puzzle's answers, in a way |
| VANS | Moving vehicles, one of which is "moving" across rows 3, 5, and 7 of this puzzle |
| PJS | With "The": animated series that featured the voices of Eddie Murphy and Ja'Net Dubois |
| FLYINGCIRCUS | Term, found in the name of the Monty Python sketch series, for an exhibition of aerobatic stunts; or, the pilots and wing-walkers taking part in said aerial barnstorm collectively (6,6) |
| NYSE | Market found in seven of this puzzle's other entries |
| THRILLER | Seven of this 1982 album's songs made the Top-10 |
| PRIDEMONTH | Period associated with an initialism heard by saying seven of this puzzle's clues out loud |
| LOAN | Money from a shark scattered in order in seven of this puzzle's answers |
| TALE | Account that joins words in seven of this puzzle's answers |
| DOTTHEIS | Pay attention to details ... or a hint to filling in seven of this puzzle's squares |
| DIAGRAM | I'm a drag looking silly in this sketch (7) |
| NOT | Pamela Stephenson starred in this sketch comedy show (--- the Nine O'Clock News) |
| FASTFORWARD | Steve Vizard made his name in this sketch comedy show (4,9) |
| JONESES | The seven of this puzzle |