| Clues | Answers |
| “1,000 songs in your pocket” device | IPOD |
| “Don’t leave me!” | STAY |
| “Goodness me!” | OHGEE |
| “I’ve solved the puzzle!” | AHA |
| “Immediately!” | NOW |
| “Look ___ talking!” | WHOS |
| “Rules ___ rules” | ARE |
| “So it’s come to ___” | THIS |
| “Suit” at a company | EXEC |
| “Why We’re Polarized” author Klein | EZRA |
| “___ ‘er rip!” | LET |
| “___ it my way” (Sinatra lyric) | IDID |
| (Belly rubs … warm milk … what a dream!) | PURR |
| 70 degrees F, e.g | TEMP |
| A Caribbean island | ARUBA |
| Ad that generates hype | PROMO |
| Ancient Eurasian trade route | SILKROAD |
| Apt letters missing from “de_epti_ _” | CON |
| Aunt, to Mom | SIS |
| Back in the day | THEN |
| Begin | START |
| Begin to fail … or a hint to the last word of 3-, 8- or 28-Down | HEADSOUTH |
| Boldly punctuates a performance | DROPSTHEMIC |
| Bread unit | LOAF |
| Casserole legume | STRINGBEAN |
| Cold drink with a Blue Raspberry flavor | ICEE |
| Defeated in chess | MATED |
| Desert mound | DUNE |
| Deteriorate | GOTOTHEDOGS |
| Dressed dish | SALAD |
| Earlier in time | AGO |
| Elegant waterbird | SWAN |
| Exfoliating sponge | LOOFAH |
| Face-planted | ATEIT |
| Far from a flop | HIT |
| Finish off, as a drink | DOWN |
| Foam on the water? | POOLNOODLE |
| Garden entrance | GATE |
| Gizmo | WIDGET |
| Gossip to dish | DIRT |
| Green Tex-Mex topping | GUAC |
| Home of India’s Lotus Temple | DELHI |
| Honey or hot tar | GOO |
| Incoming flight stats | ETAS |
| Indian bread in seyal phulka | ROTI |
| It’s 100% settled | DONEDEAL |
| It’s fired at a fire | HOSE |
| Like a major flaw | FATAL |
| Like some diets that eschew pasta | NOCARB |
| Madagascar primate | LEMUR |
| Name in operettas? | ETTA |
| NFL officials | REFS |
| O3 | OZONE |
| Org. for the Timberwolves and Trail Blazers | NBA |
| Oscar honoree | ACTOR |
| Palindromic kitchenware brand | OXO |
| Quick kiss | PECK |
| React to chicken pox | ITCH |
| Russian church topper | ONIONDOME |
| See 16-Across | SCAN |
| Set a maximum for | LIMIT |
| Stuffed grape leaf | DOLMA |
| Susan Wojcicki, to YouTube | CEO |
| Talk up | TOUT |
| Termite’s home | NEST |
| Tiger : cub :: sheep : ___ | LAMB |
| Took a chair | SAT |
| Troublesome tykes | IMPS |
| Turk’s neighbor | IRAQI |
| Tyrant | DESPOT |
| Unexpected winter break | SNOWDAY |
| Vampire ___ | BAT |
| Voice-over artist’s bane | ECHO |
| Watery blue | AQUA |
| What (aptly?) holds up government projects | REDTAPE |
| With 62-Down, biometric reading from the eye | IRIS |
| Work safety grp | OSHA |
| www.gatesfoundation.___ | ORG |
