| Lead dog |
ALPHA |
| Like a just-released film |
FIRSTRUN |
| Like some Christmas sweaters |
UGLY |
| Like some eco-friendly energy |
SOLAR |
| London neighborhood mentioned in "Pinball Wizard" |
SOHO |
| Manufactured |
MADE |
| Meat in an Italian hero |
SALAMI |
| Mountain pose's discipline |
YOGA |
| Native Manitoban |
CREE |
| NBC show that had a 50th anniversary special in Feb. 2025 |
SNL |
| Nephew's sister |
NIECE |
| Number of days in a week, per the Beatles |
EIGHT |
| Oft-dropped prop |
MIC |
| Olympic gold medalist Raisman |
ALY |
| Pirate flag pair |
BONES |
| Puck cover-up |
APRON |
| Queen of the Olympian gods |
HERA |
| Ride-booking app |
UBER |
| Rocks that may contain gold |
ORES |
| Saudi's neighbor |
OMANI |
| Stand-in |
PROXY |
| Stereotypical bookworm |
NERD |
| Succulent with three vowels |
ALOE |
| Summer shirt |
TEE |
| Supernatural |
OCCULT |
| Surface for cooking pancakes |
GRIDDLE |
| System of maintaining standards |
QUALITYCONTROL |
| Tennis great Naomi |
OSAKA |
| That certain something |
AURA |
| Usual hangout |
HAUNT |
| Vaccine basis, at times |
RNA |
| Whalebone |
BALEEN |
| What a dog-ear marks |
PAGE |
| Without at the end? |
LESS |
| Word after "hard" or "top" |
HAT |
| Workplace benefit, briefly |
PTO |
| Wouk's "The ___ Mutiny" |
CAINE |
| You can't go back after passing this |
POINTOFNORETURN |
