| AMICUS | Slate's law podcast (its name is a play on friend of the court briefs) |
| SPRUCE | Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea; its name is a contraction of a Latin-derived term for Prussia (6) |
| WORMS | Row about a manuscript on friends of the gardener |
| MACRON | Coat put on friend of Harry or Emmanuel? (6) |
| NPR | Broadcaster of the podcast It's Been a Minute |
| SAE | Like court briefs |
| CITER | Lawyer, often, in court briefs |
| CLAIMANT | Lawyer's leader, top guy in court, brief for plaintiff (8) |
| COUNSEL | In court brief meeting we hear |
| SUCCINCT | Almost litigate over carbon copy in court brief (8) |
| EVAMARIESAINT | The festival's name is a play on a 1959 Hitchcock thriller starring this actress; the 2006 festival featured a tribute to her |
| LEX | ___ Luger (former wrestler whose name is a play on a comic book villain) |
| SXSW | Annual Austin event whose name is a play on a Hitchcock film, familiarly |
| DIAGONALLEY | Harry Potter thoroughfare whose name is a play on an adverb |
| OPRAH | Her production company, "Harpo," is a play on her name |
| ANGLAIS | Paired with "cor", one of the woodwinds forming part of the instrumentation of Tchaikovsky's score for the Christmas ballet The Nutcracker that, despite its name, is neither English nor a horn (7) |
| APPALLING | A page on friend left in the capital of Germany is shocking (9) |
| MUSICAL | What is a play or film consisting of dialogue interspersed with singing and dancing? (7) |
| MARALAGO | Property of former President Trump raided by the FBI on Aug. 8; its name is Spanish for "sea-to-lake," so called because it borders both the Atlantic and Lake Worth Lagoon |
| UAE | The end of its name is also its natl. airline |
