| FRAMERATE | Videographer's stat formed by a photo holder + a verb that can mean "assign stars to": 2 wds. |
| BOWSHOT | Sports stat formed by a decorative ribbon knot + a basketball player's attempt to score |
| IPOPRICE | Market debut stat formed by an anagram of "Popi" + a grain such as basmati or jasmine: 2 wds., 1 abbr. |
| HARDDRIVE | Computer storage component whose second word anagrams to "Verdi": 2 wds. (Theme answer: An adjective describing firmness is followed by a verb that makes a vehicle move) |
| RODE | Verb that can mean "traveled" that anagrams to "doer" |
| SOFTPEDAL | "De-emphasize" equivalent whose second part anagrams to "plead": Hyph. (Theme answer: An adjective describing firmness is followed by a verb that makes a vehicle move) |
| DID | Palindromic verb that can mean "completed" |
| THROW | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| SACKS | Football stats formed by anagramming the last five letters of "kick ass" |
| CAGE | Word for a hollow that came to mean a basket for fowls, a bottle-holder, a coop, a corf, a hutch, a netted goal, a prison cell or a squirrel's drey (4) |
| RATE | Assign stars to a Lyft driver for example |
| NOSEBAG | A horse's head-hung hay holder, a pony's portable provender pouch or a mule's muzzle-loaded meal carrier; a picnicker's lunch; or, food (7) |
| TEMPERATE | Assign stars to (Arizona) |
| RAICE | Assign stars to |
| RATES | Assigns stars to, as a music critic might an album |
| RATESSERTA | Assigns stars to a mattress company? |
| ASPIC | Son taken in by a photo of savoury jelly used as relish (5) |
| PICTUREFRAME | Photo holder... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| CREEP | 2014 found footage film that follows a videographer who responds to an ad |
| GRAPH | Diagram often accompanied by a photo (5) |
