| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Ish’ | ORSO |
| ‘Scram!’ | GIT |
| ‘Vous ___ d’ici?’ (‘Are you from around here?’: Fr.) | ETES |
| ‘___ Nothing Holdin’ Me Back’ (2017 hit by Shawn Mendes) | THERES |
| *1971 film about coming of age in a small, one-cinema Texas town, with ‘The’ | LASTPICTURESHOW |
| *Eloquence said to be acquired by kissing the Blarney Stone | GIFTOFGAB |
| *Exams that value analysis and understanding more than rote memorization | OPENNOTETESTS |
| *Owning, as an achievement | TAKINGCREDITFOR |
| *Van Morrison song aptly featured in ‘An American Werewolf in London’ | MOONDANCE |
| Abrasion | SCRAPE |
| Actress Taylor-Joy of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ | ANYA |
| Assigned letter evaluations to, as term papers | GRADED |
| Blog feed inits | RSS |
| Careless or carefree | BLITHE |
| Cassis cocktail | KIR |
| Chimes in with | ADDS |
| Chinese dialect spoken mainly in Hunan province | XIANG |
| College applicant’s concern | DEADLINE |
| Country singer Yearwood | TRISHA |
| Crafty | SLY |
| Fleur-de-____ | LIS |
| Fond du ___, Wis | LAC |
| Galaxy alternative | IPHONE |
| Garnet, e.g | GEM |
| Garret | ATTIC |
| Gritty residue in a chimenea | ASH |
| Hem’s partner in hesitation | HAW |
| Home to ‘Homeland,’ in brief | SHO |
| Inits. in Congress beginning in 2019 | AOC |
| It’s like cheatin’ | LYIN |
| Land of the Blarney Stone | EIRE |
| Language in Delhi | HINDI |
| Letters on old TV dials | UHF |
| LGA and JFK’s location | NYC |
| Like most bulk mail | PRESORTED |
| Like some long trains | BRIDAL |
| Longtime channel for Samantha Bee | TBS |
| Lustful, informally | RANDY |
| Major online brokerage | ETRADE |
| Marked, as a ballot | XEDIN |
| Moth’s cocoon phase | PUPA |
| N.B.A. star Curry | STEPH |
| Nail polish brand with a Mint Candy Apple shade | ESSIE |
| Name hidden in ‘margin of error’ | GINO |
| Noble designation | TITLE |
| One sampling public opinion | POLLER |
| One-named satirist of ancient Greece | LUCIAN |
| Ore’s partner in frozen foods | IDA |
| Origin of the words ‘jasmine’ and ‘julep’ | FARSI |
| Part of a blackjack dealer’s ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues | CUTTINGTHECARDS |
| Pitcher’s stat | ERA |
| Popular New Year’s resolution | GETFIT |
| Rainbow, for one | ARC |
| Reached base in a cloud of dust, say | SLID |
| Right ___ | ANGLE |
| Send to Washington, say | ELECT |
| Sicilian volcano | ETNA |
| Sign between Aquarius and Aries | PISCES |
| Sloth, for one | SIN |
| Some movers | UHAULS |
| Summer pest | GNAT |
| Swagger like Jagger, say | STRUT |
| Take the edge off, in a way | SAND |
| Therefore | THUS |
| Tiff | SPAT |
| Tired phrase? | INEEDANAP |
| Tournament advantage | BYE |
| Unagi, e.g | EEL |
| Unwanted effect in Olympic diving | SPLASH |
| Words of sudden recognition | OHITSYOU |
| Yearly celebration, for short | BDAY |
| ___ doble (Spanish two-step) | PASO |
