| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Be silent,’ in music | TACET |
| ‘Pay full attention while I’m talking!’ | EYESONME |
| ‘So particular!’ … or, in different senses, like 17-, 32- and 42-Across? | PICKYPICKYPICKY |
| ‘You ___ Beautiful’ (Joe Cocker classic) | ARESO |
| ‘___ Not Your Negro’ (2016 documentary using James Baldwin texts) | IAM |
| Act friendly despite feeling otherwise | MAKENICE |
| Advantage | LEGUP |
| Agreeable suck-ups | YESMEN |
| Apt name for a Dalmatian | SPOT |
| Arcade game coin | TOKEN |
| Baby seal | PUP |
| Back of the neck | NAPE |
| Bakery or bookstore | SHOP |
| Beethoven’s ‘Für ___’ | ELISE |
| Believer in a non-intervening God | DEIST |
| Big Apple address abbr | NYNY |
| Big brand in skin care | OLAY |
| Bikini top | BRA |
| Bit of tennis or squash equipment | RACKET |
| Brief unit of time: Abbr | SEC |
| Cellphone notification | ALERT |
| Certain bluegrass musician | BANJOPLAYER |
| Cinema unit | SCREEN |
| Clearasil target | ACNE |
| Common racetrack shape | OVAL |
| Danger in ‘Jaws’ | SHARK |
| Deep sorrow | WOE |
| Ernest who wrote ‘A Farewell to Arms’ | HEMINGWAY |
| Familiar cliché in storytelling, like ‘the love triangle’ or ‘the girl next door’ | TROPE |
| Fashion monogram | YSL |
| Feline with a very fluffy coat | ANGORACAT |
| Floral potpourri piece | PETAL |
| Garden figurines with beards and pointy hats | GNOMES |
| Girl whom Tom Sawyer loves | BECKY |
| Give up | CEDE |
| GPS prediction based on distance and driving speed | ETA |
| Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Tori | AMOS |
| Head, in French | TETE |
| Hi-___ TV | DEF |
| High tennis shots | LOBS |
| Hit the slopes | SKI |
| Inquire | ASK |
| Julie ___ Moonves, ‘Big Brother’ host | CHEN |
| Language related to Thai | LAO |
| Little bitty | EENY |
| Meghan ___, Duchess of Sussex | MARKLE |
| Minor criticisms | NITS |
| Nephew’s counterpart | NIECE |
| Often-spiked holiday beverage, familiarly | NOG |
| On-call doctor’s summoning device | PAGER |
| One growing asparagus, spinach, corn, etc | VEGETABLEFARMER |
| Ones downloading and accessing apps | USERS |
| PBS science series since 1974 | NOVA |
| Place of busy activity | HIVE |
| Pod ingredient in gumbo | OKRA |
| Poems of dedication | ODES |
| Powdered orange drink | TANG |
| Regal, in a way | KINGLY |
| Representative | AGENT |
| Sassy | PERT |
| Search for | SEEK |
| Specialized area of expertise | NICHE |
| Split ___ soup | PEA |
| Squad leader, in sports | TEAMCAPTAIN |
| Storybook bear whose porridge was too cold | MAMA |
| Subj. that studies financial trends | ECON |
| Subject to discuss | TOPIC |
| The ‘U’ of E.U | UNION |
| The ___ Brothers (‘It’s Your Thing’ group) | ISLEY |
| Togo’s capital | LOME |
| Twirl | SPIN |
| Web page moderator, for short | ADMIN |
| Window covering with adjustable slats | BLIND |
| Wine label information | YEAR |
| ___ Mahal | TAJ |
| ___ the Riveter (woman in an old wartime poster) | ROSIE |
