| Clues | Answers |
| “Animal Farm” writer George | ORWELL |
| “Hamilton” Tony nominee Phillipa | SOO |
| “Sans” opposite | AVEC |
| “Should I take that as __?” | ANO |
| “Understand?” | SEE |
| “Well, __-di-dah!” | LAH |
| Analogy words | ISTO |
| Anne who was the mother of Elizabeth I | BOLEYN |
| Aquarium fish | TETRA |
| Area with trees | WOODS |
| Arrive at | REACH |
| Bad to the bone | EVIL |
| Blurry craft in tabloid pics | UFO |
| Bug | INSECT |
| Bury | INTER |
| Cassini of couture | OLEG |
| Caustic cleaners | LYES |
| Clickable link | URL |
| Clog-busting brand | DRANO |
| Cobra pose, e.g | ASANA |
| Cold War gp | KGB |
| Cries of pain | OWS |
| Culture of cuteness, in Japan | KAWAII |
| Dad-blasted | GOSHDARN |
| Duane __: NYC drugstore chain | READE |
| Easily duped | NAIVE |
| Eponym of a Chinese tunic suit | MAO |
| Farm pen | STY |
| Fiat or Ferrari | CAR |
| Focus of a historic New Orleans museum | VOODOO |
| Fragrant | AROMATIC |
| French word that indicates a name change | NEE |
| Game console with a Mii Parade | WII |
| Grammy-winning Grande | ARIANA |
| Greek letter after alpha | BETA |
| Horrified | AGHAST |
| Hubbub | ADO |
| Hush-hush org | CIA |
| Initial bets | ANTES |
| Insignificant weakness | MINORFLAW |
| Lead off | OPEN |
| Legit | REAL |
| Less reputable | SHADIER |
| List of options | MENU |
| Load | TON |
| Loan application ID | SSN |
| Marry in secret | ELOPE |
| Military advisory gp | NSC |
| Move like a bunny | HOP |
| Musical with the songs “Carrying the Banner” and “The World Will Know” | NEWSIES |
| Office fund for odds and ends | PETTYCASH |
| One in a snuggly pair | LITTLESPOON |
| Picture book? | ALBUM |
| Piece of bakeware | CAKEPAN |
| Place where engineers can do some machine learning? | ROBOTICSLAB |
| Prefix with gram | EPI |
| Prom gp | SRS |
| Sch. group | PTA |
| See 34-Down | THE |
| See 34-Down | SMALLTHINGS |
| Sheepish “Good point” | TOUCHE |
| Singer Carly __ Jepsen | RAE |
| Soccer great Long or basketball great Quigley | ALLIE |
| Some attention-seeking students | CLASSCLOWNS |
| Some folks who fish | ANGLERS |
| Sour mood | SNIT |
| Sovereign | RULER |
| Suggested intake, on some labels | RDA |
| Summon | CALL |
| Tease | KID |
| Ties up at a pier | DOCKS |
| Ultimate | LAST |
| Winter runner | SKI |
| With 36-Down and 38-Across, Blink-182 hit song, and a description of four long answers in this puzzle | ALL |
| Without much warning, with “on” | SHORTNOTICE |
| __ Solo of “The Force Awakens” | HAN |
