| 3
| INA |
Aptly Named N.b.a. M.v.p., In A Manner Of Speaking |
| 3
| OAS |
Western Hemisphere Grp. |
| 3
| UTE |
Native People For Whom A State Is Named |
| 3
| NEE |
Once Named |
| 3
| ORB |
Spherical Shape |
| 3
| UTE |
People For Whom A State Is Named |
| 3
| NEE |
Formerly Named |
| 3
| ELL |
Not-so-common Studio Apartment Shape |
| 3
| ARC |
Rainbow Shape |
| 4
| OVAL |
Racing Shape |
| 4
| JAVA |
Programming Language Named For A Beverage Named For An Island |
| 4
| LAWS |
Things Sometimes Named After Scientists |
| 4
| KUSH |
Cannabis Strain Named For Its Regional Origin |
| 4
| SADE |
One-named Singer With The Album "lovers Rock" |
| 4
| STAR |
Holiday Cookie Shape |
| 4
| BODY |
Word With Shop, Shot Or Shape |
| 4
| ENYA |
One-named Irish Hitmaker |
| 4
| ESME |
Lemony Snicket Antagonist Named After A Salinger Orphan |
| 4
| TORO |
Spanish Wine Region Named For An Animal |
| 4
| LIAR |
Aptly Named Olympic Sprinter |
| 4
| ENID |
Oklahoma City Named For A Camelot Woman |
| 4
| HUGH |
Aptly Named Six-time All-star First Baseman |
| 4
| COIL |
Garden Hose Shape |
| 5
| SALEM |
Site Of A Massachusetts Tourist Shop Named "witch Way Gifts" |
| 5
| SIXTH |
Like The Most Recent Pope Paul Among All Popes Named Paul |
| 5
| POLOS |
Shirts Named For A Sport |
| 5
| OSCAR |
Uncle For Whom An Annual Award Is Supposedly Named |
| 5
| GAUSS |
German Physicist After Whom A Unit Of Magnetism Is Named |
| 5
| TAHOE |
Vehicle Named After A Lake |
| 5
| OPRAH |
Celeb With A Good Friend Named Gayle |
| 5
| LENDL |
Aptly Named Tennis Great |
| 6
| AMOEBA |
Tiny Shape-shifter |
| 6
| EARWIG |
Insect With Distinctive Pincers |
| 6
| PRINCE |
One-named Singer Who Pioneered The Minneapolis Sound |
| 6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
| 6
| OBLONG |
Like Kiwis And Plum Tomatoes, By Shape |
| 7
| STETSON |
Western Hat |
| 7
| MAHOMES |
Youngest-ever Qb To Be Named Super Bowl M.v.p. (2020) |
| 7
| SCREAMO |
Rock Subgenre Named For Its Vocal Aesthetic |
| 7
| MADONNA |
One-named Singer Called The "queen Of Pop" |
| 7
| RHENIUM |
Element Named After A German River |
| 7
| BOLOTIE |
Bit Of Western Neckwear |
| 8
| TRIANGLE |
Shape Describing A Complex Love Relationship |
| 8
| CHEROKEE |
Like Sequoyah, For Whom The Tree Is Named |
| 8
| OLIVEOYL |
Toon With A Brother Named Castor |
| 8
| LIMABEAN |
Food Named For A World Capital (but Pronounced Differently) |
| 8
| EAGLEOWL |
Old World Bird With Distinctive Ear Tufts |
| 9
| MONKEYPAW |
Jordan Peele's Production Company, Named For A Classic Horror Short Story |
| 10
| IVORYCOAST |
Country Named For A Now-banned Trade |
| 12
| ROMATOMATOES |
Garden Produce Named For An Italian City |
| 15
| PASCALSTRIANGLE |
Number Pattern Named After A 17th-century French Mathematician |