| Clues | Answers |
| “Carpe diem” acronym | YOLO |
| “Four Quartets” monogram | TSE |
| “Happy now?” | SEE |
| “Most likely … “ | ODDSARE |
| “Precision Crafted Performance” sloganeer | ACURA |
| “Steppenwolf” author | HESSE |
| “That’s Not All Folks” memoirist Blanc | MEL |
| “The Sandlot” actor Denis | LEARY |
| *Brunch station for custom orders | OLETTEBAR |
| *Many a retired pro athlete | SPORTSCOMNTATOR |
| *Masquerade, e.g | COSTUPARTY |
| *TV competition won by singer Noah Thompson in 2022 | ARICANIDOL |
| 400 meters, on a standard track | LAP |
| Actress Spacek | SISSY |
| Asian festival | TET |
| Backpack in a locker, maybe | GYMBAG |
| Barilla rival | PREGO |
| Bánh mì spread | PATE |
| Board game? | DARTS |
| Bobrun runners | SLEDS |
| Book that’s all mapped out? | ATLAS |
| Burj Khalifa’s city | DUBAI |
| Capote nickname | TRU |
| Cereal mix | MUESLI |
| Checked thoroughly? | MATED |
| Christ the __: Rio landmark | REDEEMER |
| Christmas or Easter | ISLAND |
| Cookies that can illustrate phases of the moon | OREOS |
| CSI setting | LAB |
| D.C. clock setting during baseball season | EDT |
| Date component, often | COMMA |
| Disposition | TEMPER |
| Do some sums | ADD |
| Drop off | NOD |
| Dropped off | SLEPT |
| Encumbered | LADEN |
| Epic bash | RAGER |
| Evade, as the truth | SKIRT |
| Familiar theme | TROPE |
| Flower part | SEPAL |
| Former home of the Mets | SHEA |
| Game company featured in “Ready Player One” | ATARI |
| Gate part | LATCH |
| Georgia school whose unofficial mascot is Dooley the Skeleton | EMORY |
| Giraffe kin | OKAPIS |
| Has as a goal | AIMSTO |
| Hawkeye | IOWAN |
| Hurler’s stat | ERA |
| Irish actor Stephen | REA |
| Key in | ENTER |
| Late __ | BLOOMER |
| Lead characters in “Mike & Molly”? | EMS |
| Lifts for one’s self-esteem, and what’s been given to the answers to the starred clues | EGOBOOSTS |
| Lost | ATSEA |
| Marvel hero with super cool powers? | ICEMAN |
| Military shelter | ARMYTENT |
| Not quite right | ACUTE |
| Parliament site in North America | OTTAWA |
| Part of a circle | ARC |
| Peak | ACME |
| Pockets for falafel | PITAS |
| Polite assent | YESM |
| Quipster | WIT |
| Rachel Maddow’s channel | MSNBC |
| Roman moon goddess | LUNA |
| Ruckuses | TODOS |
| Rutabaga, e.g | TUBER |
| Scam | CON |
| Shining example | GEM |
| Southern twang | DRAWL |
| Spanish 101 verb | SER |
| Speed skater Ohno | APOLO |
| Ultimate power? | NTH |
| Unproven ability | ESP |
| Wild brawl | MELEE |
| Write | PEN |
