Letters within the theme entries that are, literally, next to nothing

Question:

Answer:

ITS

Length:

Similar Crossword Questions:

Second of a pair of letters swapped six times in this puzzle's theme entries
Recent strikers who literally account for today's missing theme letters
First of a pair of letters swapped six times in this puzzle's theme entries
Period that ends Nov. 3rd, requiring a shift, and letters that shift in this puzzle's theme entries
Office building problem that's a hint to this puzzle's theme entries (see their last three letters)
Today's honoree and word found in the four theme entries
Gym gear hidden in this puzzle's theme entries
"Lady of letters" featured in this puzzle's four longest entries
Where the theme entries may be found
What each of the five theme entries ends with
Where to find the theme entries of this puzzle, briefly
Theme of the starred entries
Word that follows the first word of the theme entries
How to communicate with any of the seven theme entries
Word that has two diametrically opposed meanings (like this puzzle's eight theme entries)
What the names in this puzzle's theme entries begin with
Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries
What the constructor had to do to create the theme entries in this puzzle (boyeee)
What the theme entries are full of
Type of gear on which the letters in this puzzle's nine theme squares are arrayed
Sound that was changed in each of the theme entries
"Infections" inside this puzzle's theme entries
It can follow the last word of this puzzle's theme entries
Non-theme entries, to crossword constructors
Big letters, for short (and what your answers must be written in to understand the theme)