Clues |
Answers |
“Butter” K-pop band |
BTS |
“Come again?” |
BEGPARDON |
“Frozen” snowman |
OLAF |
“Good joke!” |
HAHA |
“Goodnight, __”: Lead Belly song |
IRENE |
“Inside the NBA” airer |
TNT |
“Mention you, and there you are!” |
SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL |
“NBA Today” airer |
ESPN |
“Nevertheless, __ persisted” |
SHE |
“Word on the street is … “ |
IHEAR |
“You for Me” singer Rita |
ORA |
And so on: Abbr |
ETC |
Appropriate inappropriately |
USURP |
Approximate fig |
EST |
At any point |
EVER |
At one’s __ and call |
BECK |
Automaton |
ROBOT |
Change to fit |
ADAPT |
Cleaned the floor |
SWEPT |
Coffee-and-chocolate flavor |
MOCHA |
Complete |
TOTAL |
Crushed the test |
ACEDIT |
Despicable |
VILE |
Dull pain |
ACHE |
Early Ron Howard role |
OPIE |
Escorted to the door |
LEDOUT |
Final |
LAST |
Formal decree |
EDICT |
Freezer cubes |
ICE |
Game company since 1972 |
ATARI |
Gawked |
STARED |
Genesis garden |
EDEN |
Give for free |
COMP |
Golden Fleece ship |
ARGO |
Grazing field |
LEA |
Hardwood flaw |
KNOT |
Hold responsible |
BLAME |
Inexpensive way to spend time off |
STAYCATION |
John who sings “Cold Heart” with Dua Lipa |
ELTON |
Ladder rung |
STEP |
Landlocked nation in West Africa |
NIGER |
Like some moody punk music |
EMO |
Make joyful |
ELATE |
Meager |
SCANT |
Mined resource |
ORE |
MLB exec Joe who was the Yankees’ manager for 12 seasons |
TORRE |
Moisten while cooking |
BASTE |
Novelist Tyler |
ANNE |
Nyong’o of “Black Panther” |
LUPITA |
Own up to |
ADMIT |
Painter’s deg |
BFA |
PayPal alternative |
VENMO |
Perfectly pitched |
ONKEY |
Pinpoint |
LOCATE |
Pixie |
ELF |
Poet __ St. Vincent Millay |
EDNA |
Prayer ending |
AMEN |
Principal on ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” |
AVA |
Property manager’s responsibility |
UPKEEP |
QB stat |
ATT |
Queue |
LINE |
Quote as a source |
CITE |
Raised, as farm animals |
BRED |
Ran away |
FLED |
Reward for a pup who obeys the commands at the starts of 17-, 23-, 39-, 47-, and 61-Across |
TREAT |
Ride shotgun |
SITUPFRONT |
Romance novel emotion |
LUST |
Roofing goo |
TAR |
Says goodbye |
PARTS |
Slip on |
DON |
Smack hard |
WHOP |
Snapple’s __ Madness |
MANGO |
Song for two |
DUET |
Sound that may accompany a salute |
HEELCLICK |
Spooky |
EERIE |
Stretch of history |
ERA |
Throw with effort |
HEAVE |
Word with space or soap |
OPERA |