| YOYOTRICKS | What this puzzle's theme entries are |
| STOPLIGHT | Traffic control device, and what this puzzle's theme entries are supposed to mimic |
| FLIPPINGHOUSES | Buying, renovating and quickly selling homes for profit ... or what this puzzle's theme entries are literally doing |
| BANDS | This puzzle's theme entries are each comprised of two |
| VEGETARIANS | What this puzzle's four theme entries are |
| PRMEN | What all four theme entries are? |
| PUTONTHEDOG | Act affectedly, and what this puzzle's theme entries do? |
| TWOKINDSOFMAN | What this puzzle's theme entries consist of |
| ONEHOUR | What this puzzle's theme entries have lost |
| IIIIS | What this puzzle's theme entries have |
| BOOKENDS | Library items... or what this puzzle's theme entries have? |
| BKLYN | Though none are natives, our theme entries are connected with one of NYC's boroughs, as their names contain each of these letters |
| PINE | Tree whose scent you may have sensed this holiday season; our theme entries are infused with it, too |
| WORDLE | Language puzzle that's sweeping the internet; the five-letter words in our theme entries are eight of the best first guesses, per a Jan. 20 USA Today piece |
| EFFORTLESS | Easy, and what this puzzle's theme answers literally are |
| PERIODICTABLE | What this puzzle's columnar entries are taken from |
| DOLLARINCOINS | What this puzzle's theme adds up to |
| SCARE | What this puzzle's theme words aim to do |
| SPOTREMOVER | What this puzzle's theme is, essentially |
| MATTEROFDEGREES | What this puzzle's theme is, essentially |
