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The diagram is divided into four quadrants, each containing a plaid of six seven-letter words. Help is requested with these clues. All answers are seven letters in length.

Quadrant A:
1 Before turning to, like miniature cars...
2 ...adolescent guys losing their head acquire a bit of gravity wearing an athletic supporter

Quadrant B
1 Shared a sentence? That's bull, nonsense, the end of intelligence.

[Solver note: I suspect the first three letters of the B-1 entry are PAP.]

2 It's a mistake, little girl, raising a house cat.

Quadrant C:
1 Big to-do heard from RuPaul's sister?
2 Finding fault in becoming kind of shot
[Solver note: talk me out of thinking the aswer to C-2 isn't TETANUS, kind of shot, 'fault' in 'ATTUNES']

Quad B.
1. The 'shared a sentence' applies to literary work, not prison. There's a three-letter word relating to 'bull', a three letter word for 'nonsense' and add the end (letter) of 'intelligence'.

2.The definitions is 'it's a mistake'. Four-letter 'little girl' + a three-letter word to describe a 'house cat' (raising = reverse/upwards).

Quad C
2 -Just an anagram, resulting in a 'kind of shot' (still medical, but not tetanus)

A1. Def. is 'cars'. A word for 'miniature' + TO reversed + a word for 'like'.
A2. Def is 'adolescent'. A word for 'guys' missing the first letter + a + g, all in an 'athletic supporter'

C1. Def. is 'big to-do'. Difficult to give a hint - it's a pun involving a homophone. A word sometimes associated with the theatre.

Thanks for the helpful responses!
Quadrant A: 1 and 2 came to me, as did Quadrant B -1 and B-2 and Quadrant C-2.

Quadrant C-1 is delayed.

May I please receive some confirmation that three letters of the seven-letter word "Big to-do heard from RuPaul's sister" are A, N and U? If those three letters aren't in the correct answer, then I have to rework another clue I thought I had solved.

There's no A or N. It's also a vegetable.

There was an A in mine.

Sorry, Keisterbutton, I read your post as 'first three letters', which was incorrect.
Thanks, Aristo for spotting this.

Aristophanes has helped me decide between two. A potential entry had something to do with relations and footwear and the correction eliminated that -- thanks!

I completed the Harper's Magazine August 2019 Monthly Crossword Puzzle with help from you, and a surprise correct contribution from my husband, who says cryptic crossword puzzles make his head hurt.