| Clues | Answers |
| “Chandelier” singer | SIA |
| “Frozen” queen | ELSA |
| “In the Air Tonight” singer Collins | PHIL |
| “Star Wars Holiday Special” guest Arthur | BEA |
| “We Have the Meats” chain | ARBYS |
| “___ All That” (1999 rom-com) | SHES |
| *”Quit following the mainstream!” | DONTBESOBASIC |
| *”This is pretty straightforward” | ITSELEMENTARY |
| *Avoiding anything complicated | KEEPINGITSIMPLE |
| *Diner order represented visually in and above the ends of the starred clues’ answers | TWOEGGSOVEREASY |
| Arctic Ocean hazard | BERG |
| Attended | WENT |
| Big name in aluminum | ALCOA |
| Birth control option | IUD |
| Brazilian city whose anthem is “Cidade Maravilhosa” | RIO |
| Bygone music player | IPOD |
| Capital of Norway | OSLO |
| Chimney grime | SOOT |
| Coloring substances | DYES |
| Concept in Chinese philosophy | TAO |
| Convinced | SOLD |
| Country that has sent the most women into space, for short | USA |
| Da Brat genre | RAP |
| Danced in a ’70s club | DISCOED |
| DNA sequence | GENE |
| Doc Brown of “Back to the Future” | EMMETT |
| Exalt | LAUD |
| Exhausts | SAPS |
| Fe on the periodic table | IRON |
| Feel sick | AIL |
| Fish stick? | POLE |
| Fish sticks? | RODS |
| Furthermore | ALSO |
| Glaswegian gal | LASS |
| Grain in Cheerios | OAT |
| Greek god of war | ARES |
| Guiding principles | CREEDS |
| Helper | AIDE |
| Ice cream parlor order | MALT |
| Ivy where Lupita Nyong’o got her master’s | YALE |
| Japanese carp | KOI |
| Kiss sound | MWAH |
| Like Machu Picchu | INCAN |
| Like someone from Phuket | THAI |
| Little barks | YAPS |
| Lower leg joint | ANKLE |
| Machines originally called Docutellers | ATMS |
| Meh | SOSO |
| Mexican money | PESOS |
| Microwave sound | BEEP |
| Most populous continent | ASIA |
| Multiple-choice options | ABORC |
| Norwegian toast | SKOAL |
| Nuisance | PEST |
| Oahu verandas | LANAIS |
| Paper quantity | REAM |
| Places to pick up kittens? | NAPES |
| Queries | ASKS |
| Refrain in a song with the words “With a moo moo here” | EIEIO |
| Remove a big coat? | SHEAR |
| Satchel of baseball fame | PAIGE |
| Scrap of cloth | RAG |
| Seehorn of “Better Call Saul” | RHEA |
| Self-satisfied | SMUG |
| She’s hot! | ITGIRL |
| Six, in Sicily | SEI |
| Spring mo | APR |
| Tie up, like a ship | MOOR |
| Twitter posts | TWEETS |
| Unhurried gait | LOPE |
| Unit of electrical current | AMPERE |
| Virtuous | GOOD |
| Weathers courageously | BRAVES |
| West African nation known for mbalax | SENEGAL |
| Where squirrels go to get their acorn fix | OAKS |
| Wooden pin | PEG |
| Words of self-pity | POORME |
| ___ Lanka | SRI |
