| Clues | Answers |
| “Don’t give up!” | TRY |
| “Hey, you, down in front!” | SIT |
| “The ___” (2019 Taylor Swift song) | MAN |
| “Well, you never know” | PERHAPS |
| “Yes,” informally | YEAH |
| “___-haw” (donkey sound) | HEE |
| 17, 29 and 41 | ODDS |
| A song of mourning | ELEGY |
| A type of leather | SUEDE |
| Aberdeen resident | SCOT |
| Annoy terribly | IRK |
| Aspirin, for example | PILL |
| Basketball hoop feature | RIM |
| Belonging to SpongeBob | HIS |
| Belonging to us | OURS |
| Bleacher layer | TIER |
| Carpet installer’s calculation | AREA |
| Chick’s mom | HEN |
| Confiscate | TAKE |
| Construction site hoist | CRANE |
| District 11 tribute from “The Hunger Games” | RUE |
| Done and finished | OVER |
| Drink made from rice | SAKE |
| Eating regimen | DIET |
| Ferris wheel or roller coaster | RIDE |
| Finger count | TEN |
| Finless swimmer | EEL |
| Frigidly cold | ICY |
| Gear feature | COG |
| Good thing to have on a blistering day | ICE |
| Grazing ground | LEA |
| Had memorized | KNEW |
| He/him : she/___ | HER |
| How some things are disputed | HOTLY |
| Human organ with a drum | EAR |
| Layer, as of a tissue | PLY |
| Light, quick kiss | PECK |
| Like any bug buzzing around your face | PESKY |
| Like many clay pots | EARTHEN |
| Lollipop sampling | LICK |
| Make decisive judgements | DEEM |
| Make that money | EARN |
| Mentality | MINDSET |
| Of the same ___ (similar) | ILK |
| Old-school ruler | STRAIGHTEDGE |
| Pearl or ruby | GEM |
| Persuade | URGE |
| Place for a belt | HIP |
| Place to rest your bagpipes | ARM |
| Pressing presser | IRON |
| Resilient strength | SINEW |
| Rugged cliff | CRAG |
| Sandwich meat, sometimes | HAM |
| Show one’s teeth | GRIN |
| Shrek is one | OGRE |
| Slowly then completely stop (4 words) | GRINDTOAHALT |
| Smell | ODOR |
| Soprano’s solo | ARIA |
| Stays behind | REMAINS |
| Suffix with “Hallow” or “velvet” | EEN |
| Took the bus | RODE |
| Use the springboard | DIVE |
| Veggie sphere | PEA |
| Visually assess | EYE |
| Welcome summer shiner | SUN |
| Yankee homecoming? | RUN |
