| Like a "before" versus "after" photo subject, say |
| Rhyming synonym of "stash |
| Name associated with synonyms |
| Versus synonym |
| Type of fish, or a synonym for "complain |
| Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| It's often used as a synonym for "thesaurus |
| Impossible chess ending with a king and knight versus a lone king |
| Synonym for "ninny" or "narcotics |
| Aloha" synonym |
| Versus |
| Opposite (or synonym) of worsts |
| Rickles' synonym for an idiot |
| Just making things up, or a synonym for a three-word phrase describing this puzzle's theme entries |
| And" synonym |
| Name synonymous with film censorship |
| Louis XIV's synonym for "moi |
| Animal whose name is a synonym of "parrot |
| Ace versus ace |
| Army versus Navy, e.g. |
| Espresso order, or what each word pair in the theme answers synonymously represents |
| Actor with near-synonymous first and last names |
| Great Lake that sounds like a synonym for "mysterious |
| Affirmative that's an anagram of its synonym |
| One of the R's, synonymously |
| Like R versus PG-13 |
| Sunrise's synonym |
| It becomes its own synonym when "cap" is added in front |
| Name that's synonymous with synonymy |
| Name synonymous with corporate malfeasance |