| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Golly!’ | GEE |
| ‘Queen of Salsa’ Cruz | CELIA |
| ‘___ Miserables’ | LES |
| A long time ___ | AGO |
| A ___ for sore eyes | SIGHT |
| Achievement-oriented personality | TYPEA |
| Alphabetizes, say | SORTS |
| Appear to be | SEEM |
| Asks for a dog treat | BEGS |
| Attempt to get | GOFOR |
| Automated Twitter account | BOT |
| Baseball officials | UMPS |
| Birthday celebration | PARTY |
| Border | ABUT |
| Bruschetta ingredient | TOMATO |
| Campfire remnants | ASHES |
| Change with the times | ADAPT |
| Clearance event | SALE |
| Competitive video gaming | ESPORTS |
| Concept in Chinese philosophy | TAO |
| Didn’t prepare for | LEFTTOCHANCE |
| Engaged in combat | ATWAR |
| Exams for H.S. students | SATS |
| Exhibited brilliance | SHONE |
| Fib teller | LIAR |
| Fishing rod | POLE |
| Fitness coach | TRAINER |
| Forgetful actor’s request | LINE |
| Fundamental tenet of democracy | RIGHTTOVOTE |
| Gathers gradually | GLEANS |
| Go faster | ACCELERATE |
| Heartfelt appeal | PLEA |
| Hi-___ graphics | RES |
| Informed of the latest news | UPTOSPEED |
| Interior designer’s concern | DECOR |
| Long-legged wading bird | IBIS |
| Lowly worker | PEON |
| Manicure target | NAIL |
| October birthstones | OPALS |
| Part of a play | ACT |
| Passionate | ARDENT |
| Pilotless aircraft | DRONE |
| Practical and unpretentious | DOWNTOEARTH |
| Quite a few | MANY |
| Reverberate | ECHO |
| Rhythm of speech | LILT |
| Salty morsel on a bagel with lox | CAPER |
| Same-___ delivery | DAY |
| Satisfying conclusion | PAYOFF |
| Schedule placeholder (Abbr.) | TBD |
| Scruff or Bumble, e.g | APP |
| Shape that geese fly in | VEE |
| Sketch show that featured Bowen Yang as the iceberg that sunk the Titanic | SNL |
| Small battery size | AAA |
| Small size at Starbucks | TALL |
| Software test version | BETA |
| Some children have two | MOTHERS |
| Some mobility aids | CANES |
| Some noblemen | EARLS |
| Soothing gel | ALOE |
| Start doing business again | REOPEN |
| Streetcar | TRAM |
| Super energetic | HYPER |
| Swallow noisily | GULP |
| Tardy student’s slip | LATEPASS |
| Tennis court divider | NET |
| The ‘L’ in XXL | LARGE |
| Toy bought and sold on BrickLink | LEGO |
| Triage areas (Abbr.) | ERS |
| Vocal cords’ location | THROAT |
| Volcano in the backdrop of season two of ‘The White Lotus’ | ETNA |
| Wasabi ___ (spicy, crunchy morsel) | PEA |
| What a Beyond burger lacks | MEAT |
| Word before ‘pressure’ or ‘review’ | PEER |
| ___ at your own risk | ENTER |
| ___ poetry | SLAM |
| ___ stick (toy for bouncing) | POGO |
| ___ Y (millennials) | GEN |
