GET "HIP"
During Prohibition, it was someone who wore a hip flask, not ironic T-shirts & skinny jeans
a hipster
Japanese teahouse entertainer
(6)
a geisha
The canopy variety is similar to the four-poster
bed
"To prepare for an exam insufficiently", or a Broadway acting replacement
understudy
One team member runs post patterns & buttonhooks
football
4-word phrase meaning to make a snap decision, or to fire without aiming
to shoot from the hip
Mythical eagle-lion hybrid
(7)
a griffin
To make someone your spouse
wed
"After the corn bread", or to delay an event
postpone
Complete requirements: wall, fist, rubber sphere
handball
A TV commercial for this kids' game around since the '70s said, "We're in an eating race"
Hungry Hungry Hippos
A turkey's gizzard, heart & liver, collectively
(7)
the giblets
The part of the tire that hits the road
tread
"Before a cell phone message", or a reason for taking action
pretext
As Landon Donovan knows, using hands is a no-no for the majority of the players
soccer
Hope you went to school on this seahorse-shaped region of the brain
the hippocampus
To move about aimlessly
(3)
gad
Made an earnest appeal
pled
"Put a noisemaker back on the cat", or to rise up in insurrection
rebel
Depending on the distance, field goals can be worth 2 or 3 points
basketball
A popular modern version of this says, "Above all, I must not play at God"
the Hippocratic Oath
Potato dumplings
(7)
gnocchi
It can go in place of "place" in the sentence "Johnny will go in my place"
stead
"To fill in the ditch around the castle", or to reduce in rank
demote
Teams of 6 each hit the ball back & forth over a high net
volleyball