| Clues | Answers |
| ‘… is there a reason, though?’ | BUTWHY |
| ‘Although …’ | UNLLESS |
| ‘Be right with you!’ | OONESEC |
| ‘Don’t be ___!’ | SHY |
| ‘Man of the open country,’ in Genesis | ESAU |
| ‘My goodness!’ | MERCY |
| ‘Olympia’ painter | MANETT |
| ‘Put your wallet away’ | ONME |
| ‘Stop, I’m blushing!’ | YOUFLATTERME |
| ‘This was fun, but I gotta go’ | ITSBEENREAL |
| ‘___ Rosenkavalier’ | DER |
| ‘___ that somethin’!’ | AINT |
| 1980 film that led to the creation of the Academy Award for Best Makeup | THEELEPHANTMAN |
| A couple of chips, say | ANTE |
| Abounds | TEEMS |
| Abraham Accords country: Abbr | UAE |
| Accept, as losses | EAAT |
| Actor Oliver | PLATT |
| Actress Long | NIA |
| AirPods, e.g | EEARBUDS |
| Airport across the bay from SFO | OAK |
| Alien film franchise, for short | MIB |
| Alley ___ | OOP |
| Alternative to a monthly charge | ANNUALFEE |
| Angles above 90 degrees? | HOTYOGA |
| Asks to join | WANTSIN |
| Attention-grabbing protests | DIEINS |
| Author of ‘The Climate Book,’ 2022 | THUNBERG |
| Author/economist Emily | OSTER |
| B to B, e.g | OCTAVE |
| Band with the 2021 #1 hit ‘Butter’ | BTS |
| Break after a major fall? | SNOWDAY |
| Broadway, e.g | AVENUE |
| Called up | RANG |
| Cat, in Spanish | GATO |
| Certain side wagers, informally | PROPBETS |
| Charlotte ___, capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands | AMALIE |
| Cheri of Hollywood | OTERI |
| Chill place to stay? | ICEHOOTEL |
| Chinese zodiac animal of 2023 | RABBBIT |
| Coast, in a way | SLED |
| Coin toss spots, once | TOLLBOOTHS |
| Collegiate beaver mascot whose name is its school spelled backward | TIM |
| Conductor Zubin | MEHTA |
| Contents of some streaks on cheeks | MASCARA |
| Court count | NINE |
| Crystal container | GEODE |
| Deer ___, Maine vacation destination | ISLE |
| Designer Schiaparelli | ELSA |
| Devious sorts | IMPS |
| Diner caddy offering | SUGAR |
| Does an impression of | APES |
| E.R. lines | IVS |
| Evening coffee order | DECAFLATTE |
| Excavated | DUGG |
| Feature that helps to avoid late penalties | AUTOOPAY |
| Female 20-Down | DOE |
| File menu option | SAVEAS |
| French 101 verb | ETRE |
| Future 122-Across | OVULE |
| Future flower | SEED |
| G, in the C scale | SOLL |
| Garage brand | STP |
| Georgetown athlete | HOYA |
| Give in | YIELD |
| Go down in flames | TANK |
| Gossips | YENTAS |
| Greek vowel | ETA |
| Group of candidates | SLATE |
| High standards established by a predecessor … or what you are presented with in this puzzle? | BIGSHOESTOFILL |
| Highfalutin | LAHDIDAH |
| Hill who wrote ‘Speaking Truth to Power’ | ANITA |
| Hopping joint? | KNEE |
| Important part of a toddler’s day | NAPTIME |
| In a way | SORTOFF |
| In which ‘P or Q, but not both’ is represented as (P∨Q)∧¬(P∧Q) | SYMBOLICLOGIC |
| Informal farewell | SEEEYA |
| Insult | DISS |
| It goes in and out | FAD |
| Its name derives from the Washoe for ‘lake’ | TAHHOE |
| Jazz genre for Charlie Parker | BEBOP |
| Like heterochromia in eyes | RARE |
| Like some winter roads | SLUSHY |
| Linguistic group including Zulu and Xhosa | BANTU |
| Longed (for) | YEARNED |
| Loudly chastise | YELLAT |
| Love, at the Louvre | AIME |
| Mages’ accessories | STAFFS |
| Makes a case against, say | SUES |
| Minus | LESS |
| Mobile homes, punnily | WHEELESTATE |
| National org. that doesn’t actually have an age requirement for membership | AARP |
| OB/GYN offering | IUD |
| Oil company with toy trucks | HESS |
| Online initialism rarely meant literally | LLOL |
| Overseer of Windy City buses and trains, in brief | CTA |
| Paella seasoning | SAL |
| Pantomimes, perhaps | ACTS |
| Peacock seen on TV | NBCLOGO |
| Pentathlon event | EPEE |
| Petrol brand | ESSO |
| Poetic lament | ELEGY |
| Pottery oven | KILN |
| Prefix with sphere or system | BIO |
| Prefix with sphere or system | ECCO |
| Prompt | CUE |
| Proxima Centauri, e.g | REDDWARF |
| Rated rides | UBERS |
| Razor edges? | ARS |
| Ready-to-go link? | SET |
| Recede | EBB |
| Recliner setting | DEN |
| Sch. whose mascot is Brutus Buckeye | OSU |
| Secretary of the interior Haaland | DEB |
| Shocked sounds | GASPS |
| Show excessive affection toward | SMOTHER |
| Silicon Valley, e.g | TECHHUB |
| Software engineer, for short | DEV |
| Soup often made with rice vermicelli noodles | PHO |
| Stephen K. ___, British stand-up comedian | AMOS |
| Sullivan’s opponent in a landmark free speech case: Abbr | NYT |
| That guy’s | HIS |
| The ‘I’ in FIFA: Abbr | INTL |
| Think of | RECALL |
| Turndowns | NOES |
| Turns down | DIMS |
| Twitter username | HANDLE |
| Under 1%, say | SKIM |
| Unflagging | STAUNCH |
| Vegetable that can be slimy when cooked | OKRA |
| Ventimiglia of ‘This Is Us’ | MILO |
| We don’t talk about that | TTABOO |
| What ‘X’ could mark on a map | PIRATESBOOTY |
| What always has time on its hands | WATCH |
| What follows You on the internet | TUBE |
| Wildlife spotted in Haleakala National Park | NENE |
| Zero | NONE |
| ___ check | GUT |
| ___ Negro (Amazon tributary) | RIO |
| ___-Missouria Tribe | OTOE |
