| Clues | Answers |
| ___ bean | FAVA |
| ___ favor | POR |
| ___ mater | ALMA |
| Actor Mahershala | ALI |
| Ancient marketplace | AGORA |
| As above, in citations | IDEM |
| Ballroom dance moves | DIPS |
| Band stan | GROUPIE |
| Band with the 1997 hit “Semi-Charmed Life” … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s theme | THIRDEYEBLIND |
| Be overly sweet | CLOY |
| Before, in poetry | ERE |
| Big fuss | STINK |
| Black or “Pink” animal | PANTHER |
| Businesses that might offer “pawdicures” | DOGSPAS |
| C-suite members | EXECS |
| Campy stuff? | GEAR |
| Captivate | ENGAGE |
| Cartoon character who said “Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them” | HOBBES |
| Certain footholds | RUNGS |
| Cholesterol-lowering drug | STATIN |
| City at the foot of the Adirondacks | UTICA |
| Classy establishment? | SCHOOL |
| Clears (of) | RIDS |
| Clump of hair | TUFT |
| Comedy’s ___ the Entertainer | CEDRIC |
| Cousin of a stingray | SKATE |
| Cover, of a sort | ALIBI |
| Deadlock | IMPASSE |
| Deep-fried appetizer often served with chutney | PAPADAM |
| Defeat decisively | THRASH |
| Do-to-“do” delivery | SCALE |
| Downside | CON |
| Dwindles, with “out” | PETERS |
| E.M.T.’s apparatus, informally | DEFIB |
| Encourage | EGGON |
| Entree that might be prepared with a brown sugar glaze | ROASTHAM |
| Faith founded in Persia | BAHAI |
| Falcon, hawk or eagle | RAPTOR |
| Feeling of auditory bliss, in a modern coinage | EARGASM |
| Fly | PILOT |
| Former retail giant | KMART |
| Gen Zer who might be into faux freckles and anime | EGIRL |
| General idea | GIST |
| German “you” | SIE |
| Gloomy guy | GUS |
| Good heavens! | EGAD |
| Greek earth goddess | GAEA |
| Groovy! | IDIG |
| Had trouble with, as an icy road | SLIDON |
| Harbor boat | TUG |
| Home to five U.S. national parks | UTAH |
| Home to wild Bactrian camels | GOBI |
| Hostile parties | FOES |
| In ___ (as found) | SITU |
| Infection fighter | TCELL |
| Instruction in a meringue recipe | BEAT |
| It’s 2.3 years for the average heterosexual American couple | AGEGAP |
| Kapoor of “Slumdog Millionaire” | ANIL |
| Klingon speaker, say | TREKKIE |
| Lacquer, e.g. | FINISH |
| Landing site | HELIPAD |
| Lavender unit : SPRIG | SPRIG |
| Lead-in to -logue | IDEO |
| Like many a lumberjack’s shirt | PLAID |
| Like some tradition | ORAL |
| Like the goddess Hel | NORSE |
| Literary character described as “a stout little fellow with red cheeks” | FRODO |
| Lookouts | SENTINELS |
| March 14 dessert, appropriately | PIE |
| Merch table offering | TEE |
| N.F.L. quarterback Jared | GOFF |
| National park in the Canadian Rockies | BANFF |
| Nickname for Luigi | GIGIO |
| No chickening out! | DOIT |
| Old-timey wizard who needs to learn some manners? | SPITTINGMAGE |
| One side of a battery | ANODE |
| Org. that facilitates adoptions | ASPCA |
| Outdo | TOP |
| Pentad for a poetry performance? | FIVEPILLARSOFSLAM |
| Pioneering computer | ENIAC |
| Pope writings | ODES |
| Pots and pans, e.g. | VESSELS |
| Power ___ | NAP |
| Preparing to put earrings in an ogre? | PIERCINGSHREK |
| Prize in a chowder cook-off? | CERTIFICATEOFCLAM |
| Revealer of the Wizard of Oz | TOTO |
| River offshoot | ARM |
| Rock & Roll Hall of Fame architect | PEI |
| Rx request | MED |
| Seething state | IRE |
| Sharp increase | HIKE |
| Shopping for some cereal? | PICKINGONESBRAN |
| Slimy stuff | GOO |
| Smartphone, e.g. | DEVICE |
| Some bathroom contractors | TILERS |
| Some religious artwork | ICONS |
| Some semihard cheeses | EDAMS |
| Something made in a press | PANINI |
| Spanish resort island, to locals | MENORCA |
| Spell of bad luck? | HEX |
| Spine-tingling | EERIE |
| Spoil | ROT |
| Stacked haphazardly | INAPILE |
| Start of many a Father’s Day card | TODAD |
| Stop the progress of | ARREST |
| Strapless accessories | CLUTCHES |
| Stubbornly old-fashioned | STODGY |
| Subject in sexology | GSPOT |
| Supreme Court surname | ROBERTS |
| Surgery sites, in brief | ORS |
| The “L” of L.V. | LAS |
| The birds and the bees and others | TALKS |
| The Macy’s in New York’s Herald Square, and others? | ORIGINSTORES |
| The museum of social decay, per Gary Oldman | REALITYTV |
| The so-called “Pearl of Arabia” | OMAN |
| They might wipe the slate clean | ERASERS |
| Things a plangonologist collects | DOLLS |
| Tot’s geometry lesson, perhaps x | SHAPES |
| Treat, as wood | STAIN |
| TV spy drama of the early 2000s | ALIAS |
| Two weeks after calends, approximately | IDES |
| Understood | GRASPED |
| Understood | GOT |
| United | ONE |
| Usher | ESCORT |
| Vegan alternative to gelatin | AGAR |
| Walk in the park … or sit in a park, maybe | PICNIC |
| Wand-waving org. | TSA |
| Was completely depleted | RANOUT |
| Watch all at once, say | BINGE |
| Well, ___-di-dah! | LAH |
| What “O” might stand for | HUG |
| What “X” might stand for | TEN |
| What may bring a meeting to order | GAVEL |
| What some people use to solve a New York Times crossword | APP |
| What’s ___ … | MORE |
| Will do! | ONIT |
| Words for a cover | BLURB |
| You might need just the “last four” of it: Abbr. | SSN |
| You should know better! | TSK |
