| Clues | Answers |
| “American Pastoral” Pulitzer winner | ROTH |
| “Ay, Dios__!” | MIO |
| “Becoming” memoirist | OBAMA |
| “Cut it out!” | STOP |
| “Dear old” one | DAD |
| “I’m out” | LATER |
| “Love Stuff” singer King | ELLE |
| “Oh, come on!” | PUHLEASE |
| “Shane” star Alan | LADD |
| “Spider-Man” trilogy director | RAIMI |
| “Srsly?!” | OMG |
| “The Favourite” actress Emma | STONE |
| “You’re blocking the view!,” and what is needed to complete the answers to the starred clues? | DOWNINFRONT |
| “__ arigato” | DOMO |
| *Bilingual Ed Sheeran song featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B | OFTHEBORDER |
| *Carl Perkins rockabilly classic popularized by Elvis Presley | SUEDESHOES |
| *R.E.M. hit single on “Out of Time” | MYRELIGION |
| Actress Ward | SELA |
| Aims | GOALS |
| Anthem that ends, “We stand on guard for thee” | OCANADA |
| Awards for “Schitt’s Creek” | EMMYS |
| Basic French verb | ETRE |
| Card | WIT |
| Cheese shape | WHEEL |
| Cheri of “Scary Movie” | OTERI |
| Chip in? | ANTE |
| Composer Rorem | NED |
| Concept | IDEA |
| Conk out | DIE |
| Decathlon number | TEN |
| Docket item | CASE |
| Dolt | CLOD |
| Feels bad | AILS |
| Food sold in blocks | TOFU |
| Former couples | EXES |
| Fury | IRE |
| Gear bit | TOOTH |
| Get better, maybe | AGE |
| Italian port | GENOA |
| Jazz org | NBA |
| Jet set jet | LEAR |
| Less taxing | EASIER |
| Lip __ | BALM |
| Loosey-__ | GOOSEY |
| Low point | NADIR |
| Many apartments in former industrial areas | LOFTS |
| Mary Cassatt’s “Little __ in a Blue Armchair” | GIRL |
| Minor progress | DENT |
| Much of an atlas | ASIA |
| Musical about Henry VIII’s many wives | SIX |
| Nickel source | ORE |
| Norms: Abbr | STDS |
| One to emulate | ROLEMODEL |
| Over again | ANEW |
| Over thataway | YON |
| Plenty | ALOT |
| Poetic rhythm | METER |
| Put away | EAT |
| Puts one over on | SNOWS |
| Rita Dove’s “__ to My Right Knee” | ODE |
| Ritalin target: Abbr | ADHD |
| Rock the __ | VOTE |
| Say “cheese” by rubbing one’s palms together, e.g | SIGN |
| São Paulo greeting | OLA |
| Scarecrow innards | STRAW |
| TikTok upload | VIDEO |
| Top-flight | ELITE |
| Total stranger | RANDO |
| Tub gunk | SCUM |
| Under control | TAMED |
| Unsuccessful candidate | ALSORAN |
| Vane point | EAST |
| Very nearly | ASGOODAS |
| Vowel set | AEIOU |
| Wind instrument? | AIRGUITAR |
| Word in several ESPY Award categories | ATHLETE |
| Wrote to online, briefly | IMED |
| __ folk | INDIE |
