| Clues | Answers |
| ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ author Madeleine | LENGLE |
| ‘Life Kit’ network | NPR |
| ‘Obvi’ | DUH |
| ‘Texas’ or ‘Omaha’ poker variety | HOLDEM |
| ‘___ myself out’ | ILLSEE |
| Acronym for the _en _oving _en community | MLM |
| Admiral ___ Levine, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health | RACHEL |
| Batman foe named for a plant | POISONIVY |
| Best possible | IDEAL |
| Coated pill | CAPLET |
| Congressperson’s assistant | AIDE |
| Cribbage piece | PEG |
| Crunchy guacamole ingredient | REDONION |
| Dairy buy | MILK |
| Deplete | USEUP |
| Design detail, for short | SPEC |
| Dr. Martens, for short | DOCS |
| Elm or fir | TREE |
| Fe, on the periodic table | IRON |
| Flamboyant rock subgenre | GLAM |
| Frank with a messy topping | CHILIDOG |
| Fried Hanukkah fare | LATKE |
| Fun party | BASH |
| Genetic messenger | RNA |
| Give 3 stars, for example | RATE |
| Give kudos to | PRAISE |
| Grad school goal, for some | PHD |
| Guy friends | BROS |
| Had a bite | ATE |
| Have a crush on | LIKE |
| Kathmandu’s country | NEPAL |
| Key similar to backspace | DELETE |
| Legally responsible | LIABLE |
| Like better | PREFER |
| Lion constellation | LEO |
| Make changes to | EDIT |
| Makeup of a tarot deck | CARDS |
| Massaman or panang dish | CURRY |
| Miami ballers | HEAT |
| Neighbor of a Finn | SWEDE |
| Nike’s Swoosh, e.g | LOGO |
| Not trans | CIS |
| Paralympic sport in which competitors wear blackout eyeshades | GOALBALL |
| Pester | NAG |
| Petty criticism | NIT |
| Pitfall | TRAP |
| Place with squat racks | GYM |
| Poke bowl eggs | ROE |
| Positive quality | ASSET |
| Replay feature | SLOMO |
| Sesame product | OIL |
| Short and to the point | BRIEF |
| Short summary before a new episode | RECAP |
| Shrill barks | YAPS |
| Sick | ILL |
| Small stick | TWIG |
| Snakelike fish | EEL |
| Some infusion center staffers (Abbr.) | RNS |
| Some Sapphics | LESBIANS |
| Song with the lyrics ‘To catch them is my real test / to train them is my cause’ | POKEMONTHEME |
| Soundly defeat | SMOKE |
| Stuff for shining footwear | SHOEPOLISH |
| Stumble | TRIP |
| Super exhausted | BEAT |
| Tabloid subject | CELEB |
| Tell a fib | LIE |
| Time off that might coincide with Passover | SPRINGBREAK |
| Timely blessings | BOONS |
| Umbrella term for genres such as house and techno | EDM |
| Up to it | ABLE |
| Wide streets (Abbr.) | AVES |
| Words from groom to groom | IDO |
| Work hard | TOIL |
| Work such as Nikki Giovanni’s ‘I Wrote a Good Omelet’ | POEM |
| Yoga pose | ASANA |
| ___-haw (donkey sound) | HEE |
| ___-Wan Kenobi | OBI |
| ___/her/hers | SHE |
