| NEWWOMAN | Track whose first five letters anagram to "we won" (Theme answer: The song is an opposite of "old" + a gendered term) |
| MODERNGIRL | Track whose middle eight letters anagram to "ordering": 2 wds. (Theme answer: The song is an opposite of "old" + a gendered term) |
| CANDYGIRL | 1993 New Edition title track whose first word is a sweet treat and whose second word is a synonym for "young lady": 2 wds. |
| RAPCAVIAR | Selection of curated Spotify tracks whose first three letters are a genre and whose last six letters are a fish egg delicacy |
| UNTIED | Released from a knot (Theme answer: When the two circled letters are swapped, the new word spelled is an opposite of the answer in the grid.) |
| MARTIAL | Adjective meaning "war-related" that can come before "arts" (Theme answer: When the two circled letters are swapped, the new word spelled is an opposite of the answer in the grid.) |
| 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.) |
| 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.) |
| EASYBAKE | Cooking adjective whose first word is an opposite of "difficult" and whose second word aptly rhymes with "cake": 2 wds. |
| CALLITADAY | "Stop working" equivalent whose first five letters anagram to "lilac" and whose last word is the opposite of "night": 4 wds. |
| THEVIBESAREOFF | Phrase calling out an unpleasant environment whose last word is an opposite of on: 4 wds. |
| TOUGHCROWD | Minimally reactive audience whose first word is an opposite of "easy": 2 wds. |
| FOSTERFAIL | Animal ultimately adopted after being housed for a short time whose second word is an opposite of succeed: 2 wds. |
| NEWHIRE | Employee recently added to the payroll whose first word is the opposite of "old": 2 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) |
| MARTHA | She is Paul McCartney's Old English Sheepdog, which inspired a Beatles' song on their White Album. The name of the song is "___ My Dear." |
| NEWNORMAL | Altered state of existence formed by the opposite of "old" + an anagram of "Marlon": 2 wds. |
| IDEAMAP | Diagram of one's thoughts whose first five letters anagram to "aimed": 2 wds. |
| STAND | Oh, say can you see?: Most people ___ during the singing of the national anthem (but the person who kneels during the song is taking one) |
| HEAVEN | "It's the nearest thing to ... we have in New York", says Deborah Kerr of the Empire State Building in An Affair To Remember |
