ACROSS
Schools of whales
GAMS
Rating component often
STAR
Compact Volkswagen model
JETTA
Pronto!
ASAP
Destiny
FATE
Constellation with a belt
ORION
Letter after epsilon
ZETA
Awkwardly tiny house slangily
CRACKERBOX
Wealthy outlying community
EXURB
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes writer Anita
LOOS
Student from Yale
ELI
Alternative to a BLT
TURKEYCLUB
Draw
TIE
___ kwon do
TAE
Homer’s lament
DOH
Dangler from a necklace
PENDANT
Frozen queen
ELSA
Shaggy ox
YAK
Like some barbecue sauces
TANGY
What could cause a mess in a mess and a hint to 18- 24- 57- and 63-Across
FOODFIGHT
Throw away
SCRAP
CBS series with Miami and NY spinoffs
CSI
Subj. for a business major
ECON
Religious leaders
CLERICS
JFK’s successor
LBJ
Gasteyer of American Auto
ANA
Opposite of ’neath
OER
Mix up in the kitchen?
CAKEBATTER
___ Schwarz (toy store)
FAO
Pinnacle
ACME
Likely offensive
NOTPC
It might be spiked in a school gym
FRUITPUNCH
401(k) alternatives
IRAS
Insurer owned by CVS
AETNA
Surname in a Brontë title
EYRE
Brand in the National Toy Hall of Fame
LEGO
Blow up on X say
TREND
Puts down
LAYS
Spotted
SEEN
DOWN
Name of many a newspaper
GAZETTE
Like bacteria reproduction
ASEXUAL
Comes of age
MATURES
Flint product
SPARK
Army’s equivalent of Navy’s CPO
SFC
Sealing goo
TAR
In the slightest
ATALL
Gain back as money
RECOUP
Trader ___
JOES
Blunder
ERR
Like the Dalai Lama
TIBETAN
Designs on a leather book cover
TOOLING
Breeder of butterflies perhaps
ANXIETY
Japanese city known for its beef
KOBE
Part of a stream or garden
BED
It has its ups and downs
YOYO
Landlocked African nation
CHAD
High degree
NTH
Cornerstone feature
DATE
Miles away
AFAR
Chain with buckets
KFC
Nail polish brand
OPI
Spot of land
ISLE
Family name of the Bee Gees
GIBB
Deride
SCOFFAT
Easier to comprehend
CLEARER
Divert perhaps
REROUTE
Something to scratch climb and sleep on
CATTREE
Ideal length of a résumé
ONEPAGE
Rats out
NARCSON
Letters on Soviet rockets
CCCP
Colleague of John Clarence Sonia Elena Neil Brett Amy and Ketanji
SAMUEL
Warmest mo. in the Southern Hemisphere
JAN
African nation on the Indian Ocean
KENYA
Slogs away
TOILS
Slightly
ATAD
Stop on a road trip
INN
Tear up
CRY
Brooks & Dunn hit ___ Got You
HES
