Author: by Scott Earl
Across
| Many a Daytime Emmy nominee | SOAPACTOR |
| Just sits there | IDLES |
| “Too bad, really” | ITSASHAME |
| Garlicky dip | AIOLI |
| Annual celebration for a pet parent | GOTCHADAY |
| Emotionally affected | MOVED |
| Sometimes-wireless PC device | MOUSE |
| Cilantro, e.g. | HERB |
| Titular spy show role for Sandra Oh | EVE |
| PC’s space bar neighbor | ALT |
| Belittle | ABASE |
| Part of an at-home COVID test | SWAB |
| (Check out these supporting materials) | SEEALSO |
| “Us” star Nyong’o | LUPITA |
| Follower of exhibition games | SEASONOPENER |
| 19th-century Democrat’s opponent | WHIG |
| Tai ___ | CHI |
| Cheekiness | SASS |
| Phrase of mock surprise | WHATASHOCKER |
| Strongly criticize | REVILE |
| Means of Wi-Fi access | HOTSPOT |
| Greek god of war | ARES |
| Eco-friendly grocery bags | TOTES |
| Number in this crossword’s northwesternmost square | ONE |
| ___ XING | PED |
| Oscar-winning “Nomadland” director | ZHAO |
| Leaves out | OMITS |
| “Common Sense” author | PAINE |
| Umbrella term for Indigenous nonbinary gender identities | TWOSPIRIT |
| Integrate, as a video on a web page | EMBED |
| Seeking affirmation? | HEREICOME |
| Gets up | RISES |
| Person who really savors flavors | SLOWEATER |
Down
| Summation symbols | SIGMAS |
| Peter with eight Best Actor nominations | OTOOLE |
| Sharp-witted | ASTUTE |
| Grps. that sway campaigns | PACS |
| Tennis great Arthur | ASHE |
| “___-ching!” | CHA |
| Smidge | TAD |
| Nebraska’s largest city | OMAHA |
| Surname that means “kings” in Spanish | REYES |
| Poetic foot | IAMB |
| God, in Italian | DIO |
| Pride parade sentiment | LOVEWINS |
| Takes to the next level | ELEVATES |
| “Lemme digress real quick …” | SIDEBAR |
| Settle elsewhere, in brief | RELO |
| “Sex Education” star Butterfield | ASA |
| “The Garden of Earthly Delights” painter | BOSCH |
| Dill pickle slices | SPEARS |
| In the current state | ASITIS |
| Word before “guardian” or “tender” | LEGAL |
| Perturbed | UPSET |
| “And what do we have here?!” | OHO |
| For a very specific audience | NICHE |
| “What is this place?” | WHEREAMI |
| Are able to get first choice | HAVEDIBS |
| Candy coat? | WRAPPER |
| Comedian Meyers | SETH |
| Boxing stats | KOS |
| “Murder on the Orient Express” detective Hercule | POIROT |
| In before the bell | ONTIME |
| Perfume sampler | TESTER |
| Solemn declarations | OATHS |
| Sauna cover | TOWEL |
| Last letters, in London | ZEDS |
| Classic Ron Howard role | OPIE |
| Flaky mineral | MICA |
| Indicator of a name change | NEE |
| Spanish gold | ORO |
| Fix a seam | SEW |
