| Clues | Answers |
| ___ de vie | EAU |
| ___-nest | MARES |
| A thick one may be found in a bank | FOG |
| Above, to a bard | OER |
| Academic must: Abbr. | REQ |
| African menace | TSETSE |
| Anago or unagi | EEL |
| Apt word spelled by the new letters that alter this puzzle’s seven works | FORGERY |
| Aren’t I somethin’?! | YAYME |
| Baby hyena | CUB |
| Baby’s first word, commonly | MAMA |
| Big ball | SOIREE |
| Big hit | TRIPLE |
| Blue berry | SLOE |
| Booze it up, old-style | TOPE |
| Bottom of the Thames? | ARSE |
| Bugaboo | BANE |
| California city whose name means “tar” | BREA |
| Canned tomatoes brand | ROTEL |
| Cause of some Yellowstone traffic jams | BISON |
| Coffee maker insert | POD |
| Come next | ENSUE |
| Comedy club sounds | HAHAS |
| Cornerstone figs. | YRS |
| Cowlick concealer | HAT |
| Crop up | ARISE |
| Curmudgeons | CRABS |
| Cute vowel sound | LONGU |
| Dalmatians, e.g. | CROATS |
| Dance accompanied by pahu drums | HULA |
| Darn it all! | DRAT |
| Don’t judge a book by its cover, e.g. | SAW |
| Dot-com start-up? | HTTP |
| Drive-___ | THRU |
| Embarrassing fail, in modern lingo | BIGOOF |
| Enjoy more than one’s fair share of | HOG |
| Essential qualities | NATURES |
| Feature of decollete clothing | LOWNECKS |
| Fire | ARDOR |
| First pope in a line of 13 | LEOI |
| Flag carrier in the Mediterranean | AIRMALTA |
| Flying invention by a classic automaker? / An iconic Klee | REOBALLOON/REDBALLOON |
| Focusing issue, in brief | ADHD |
| Giggle alongside (not at!) | LAUGHWITH |
| Good practice for a half-marathon | TENK |
| Grammy winner DiFranco | ANI |
| Gravy, you might say | EXTRA |
| Grp. with cryptanalysts | NSA |
| Hang loose? | DRAPE |
| Hankering | ITCH |
| Hated with a passion | LOATHED |
| Hmm, never really thought about it … | OHIDUNNO |
| Hoppy offerings, in brief | IPAS |
| How could you?!, playfully | ETTU |
| Ill-considered | UNWISE |
| In fashion? | DRESSED |
| It is better to be ___ than to be pitied: Herodotus | NVIED |
| It may lead to greener pastures | RAIN |
| It’ll cost you | USERFEE |
| Like in-flight smoking | BANNED |
| Like some covers and kisses | BLOWN |
| Loosen, as a spool | UNREEL |
| Los ___, vacation hot spot in Mexico | CABOS |
| Maximal ending | EST |
| Modern vaccine component | RNA |
| N.F.L. sportscaster Andrews | ERIN |
| N.F.L. team with the mascot Sourdough Sam, to fans | NINERS |
| N.Y.C. ave. east of Park | LEX |
| Nah, you’re not! retort | YEAHIAM |
| Nefarious | EVIL |
| Neighbor of the “∼” key | TAB |
| No small favor | HUGEASK |
| No. for a resume | TEL |
| Notice | SEE |
| Notice | SIGN |
| Oh, cry me a river! | WAH |
| Old spy org. | OSS |
| One may be on the house | LIEN |
| Opposite of liberal doves? / An iconic Hopper | RIGHTHAWKS/NIGHTHAWKS |
| Org. with X-rays | TSA |
| Participate in a marathon, say | BINGE |
| Per musician Charlie Parker, “If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your ___” | HORN |
| Pitted against one another | SETATODDS |
| Planning one’s 24-hour itinerary? / An iconic Michelangelo, with “The” | CREATIONOFADAY/CREATIONOFADAM |
| Playground bully | MEANY |
| Pooch, in slang | DOGGO |
| Popular a.m. show, familiarly | GMA |
| Port of Mexico | PUERTO |
| Post-dinosaur period? / An iconic Magritte | THEEONOFMAN/THESONOFMAN |
| Prey for a polar bear | SEAL |
| Private meeting | ONEONONE |
| Punk offshoot | EMO |
| Put out | EMIT |
| Quagmire | MORASS |
| Rainbows in the sky, perhaps | LGBTQFLAGS |
| Real doozy | RIPSNORTER |
| Reason why Mercury gets eclipsed? / An iconic Botticelli | THEGIRTHOFVENUS/THEBIRTHOFVENUS |
| Records of the past | ANNALS |
| Relaxing soak | WARMBATH |
| Remark from the financially or vertically challenged | IMSHORT |
| Rocky Mountain state: Abbr. | IDA |
| Run off at the mouth | YAK |
| Schumer of comedy | AMY |
| Scored, as free throws | SANK |
| Slangy reply when Bart’s sister asks “What’s Covid?” / An iconic Leonardo | THERONALISA/THEMONALISA |
| Some fairy tale characters | DAMSELS |
| Some vow takers | NUNS |
| Sounds of saxophones | WAILS |
| Spaceship battle? / An iconic van Gogh | THESTARRYFIGHT/THESTARRYNIGHT |
| Spoke menacingly | HISSED |
| Sporting a natural style | AFROED |
| Start for made or paid | PRE |
| Stranger Things actress ___ Bobby Brown | MILLIE |
| Student council electee, informally | CLASSREP |
| Subject of the biography “Mr. Playboy” | HEFNER |
| Super-dry | SERE |
| Tell jokes until PowerPoint unfreezes, e.g. | STALL |
| That ship | SHE |
| Timbre | TONE |
| Touch up, as text | EMEND |
| Tree climbers, perhaps | VINES |
| U.S. swimming gold medalist Ledecky | KATIE |
| Unfortunately, yes | AFRAIDSO |
| Vampire’s cry in sunlight | ITBURNS |
| War game | RISK |
| Wear down | ERODE |
| West Coast football powerhouse, in brief | USC |
| What a wristwatch wraps around | ULNA |
| Where fur coats get cleaned? | PETSPA |
| Where to hear amateur bands? | HAMRADIO |
| Whip around wildly | FLAIL |
| Why cases might go cold | NOLEADS |
| Wipe clean, as a car | SPONGEDOWN |
| Word of advice | TIP |
| Work of praise | ODE |
| Yippee! | YAHOO |
| You’re on! | ITSABET |
| Zip it! | FLY |
| Zoos, so to speak | MOBSCENES |
| η | ETA |
