| Clues | Answers |
| ‘. . . and the ___ is history!’ | REST |
| ‘For sure,’ for short | DEF |
| ‘Ghost World’ star Birch | THORA |
| ‘Good lord!’ | DEARGOD |
| ‘Severance’ actor Scott | ADAM |
| ‘Wheel of Fortune’ co-host White | VANNA |
| ‘Yeah, right’ | ASIF |
| ‘Yeah, right’ | HAH |
| ‘Zootopia’ voice actor Elba | IDRIS |
| Absolutely divine | SUBLIME |
| Accessories worn under collars | TIES |
| Annual reference book | ALMANAC |
| As easy as ___ | ABC |
| Awesome | RAD |
| Bitter beer | IPA |
| Black Business Month | AUGUST |
| Cause to chuckle | AMUSE |
| Chemical used to make bagels | LYE |
| Clips that might cause pleasant tingling | ASMRVIDEOS |
| College residences | DORMS |
| Complete disarray | CHAOS |
| Cooks in a bamboo basket | STEAMS |
| Course for some immigrants (Abbr.) | ESL |
| D’Arcy Carden’s ‘The Good Place’ character | JANET |
| Day before Jan. 1, for short | NYE |
| Docs for rabbits | VETS |
| Dramatic work set to music | OPERA |
| Exams | TESTS |
| Feel sore | ACHE |
| Figure in ‘The Last Supper’ | APOSTLE |
| First animal of the Chinese zodiac | RAT |
| Flavor of a bottle-shaped gummy | COLA |
| Garden paradise | EDEN |
| Get on the freeway | MERGE |
| Given dinner | FED |
| Heavy brass instruments | TUBAS |
| Hot tub nozzle | JET |
| IT system overseer, for short | ADMIN |
| Kiwi’s neighbor in Oceania | AUSSIE |
| Lacking in color | PALE |
| Largest ethnic group in China | HAN |
| Last Greek letter | OMEGA |
| Last number in a countdown | ONE |
| Li’l sis, for example | SIB |
| Makeup that might be waterproof | MASCARA |
| Metaphorical unit of emotional distance | ARMSLENGTH |
| More, in Spanish | MAS |
| Mosque leader | IMAM |
| Museum pieces, in Spanish | ARTE |
| Negative general feeling | BADVIBES |
| Neighbor of Ethiopia | ERITREA |
| Once every 24 hours | DAILY |
| Org. that tracks air quality | EPA |
| Pet bird’s enclosure | CAGE |
| Prefix for ‘colon’ or ‘circle’ | SEMI |
| Rage | IRE |
| Really love | ADORE |
| Region | AREA |
| See-through | CLEAR |
| Shades of color | TONES |
| She/her/___ | HERS |
| Silent actor | MIME |
| Sneakily | ONTHESLY |
| Spelunking spots | CAVES |
| Spit-out bit of a watermelon | SEED |
| Sports squads | TEAMS |
| Stops | HALTS |
| Sushi tuna | AHI |
| The end of an ___ | ERA |
| Thus | HENCE |
| Tit for ___ | TAT |
| To and ___ | FRO |
| Vehicle made to explore the Red Planet | MARSROVER |
| Wear away | ERODE |
| Word before ‘truck’ or ‘Tuesday’ | TACO |
| xxx-xx-xxxx ID | SSN |
| ___ out (assesses carefully) | SCOPES |
| ___ PreCheck | TSA |
