| Clues | Answers |
| “Don’t you wish!” | ASIF |
| “I swear!” | HONESTLY |
| “Succession” network | HBO |
| *Endeavor that can lead to swimming with the fishes | DEADIVING |
| *Grounds keeper | COFFEETER |
| *One liable to erupt | ACTIVECANO |
| 2010 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor | FEY |
| A scratch might precede it | SNIFF |
| Anderson of 1970s TV | LONI |
| Artist from Barcelona | MIRO |
| Banned from competition, briefly | DQED |
| Bars from Brooks Brothers | TIECLIPS |
| Besakih Temple locale | BALI |
| Big bird | EMU |
| Broadcast | AIRING |
| Bureaus | AGENCIES |
| City overlooked by Mount Pellegrino | PALERMO |
| Code of silence | OMERTA |
| Cozumel coin | PESO |
| Daimyo’s retainer | SAMURAI |
| Divas’ pieces | SOLI |
| Drain | SAP |
| Extra on Prime Video’s “The Rings of Power” | ORC |
| Features of some fantasy novels | MAPS |
| Floats through town? | PARADE |
| Foam producer | NERF |
| Foe of the Jedi | EMPIRE |
| Foxy | SLY |
| Heathens | INFIDELS |
| Houston Texans wide receiver Collins | NICO |
| Hub midway between ORD and MIA | ATL |
| Jr.’s junior | III |
| Lackey | STOOGE |
| Like employees | SALARIED |
| Like lunch that can be grabbed | PREMADE |
| Loads | TONS |
| Lose energy | TIRE |
| Machiavellian machinations | SCHEMES |
| Not out | SAFE |
| Organs with drums | EARS |
| Out | ASLEEP |
| Out of practice | RUSTY |
| Packing a wallop | POTENT |
| Petition | ENTREAT |
| Playoff goal | WIN |
| Ran into | MET |
| Recognition of oneself, modernly | ITME |
| Record holder | CRIMINAL |
| Reportedly, it lifts all boats, as evidenced by the starred answers | RISINGTIDE |
| Rolaids rival | TUMS |
| Second of Rome’s 22 rioni (districts) | TREVI |
| Setting for NY Yankees double-headers | EDT |
| Severely censures | REVILES |
| Show | EXHIBIT |
| Significant stretch | ERA |
| Singer’s verb? | SEW |
| Squeaky mouse, perhaps | CATTOY |
| Steeper? | TEABAG |
| Sticks in the medicine cabinet | QTIPS |
| Struggles | VIES |
| The “because” to many a child’s “why?” | ISAIDSO |
| Type of boat for smugglers | SPEED |
| Type of boat for survivors | LIFE |
| Type of boat for sweethearts | LOVE |
| Undermines | ERODES |
| Units in the gym | REPS |
| Volume setting | LIBRARY |
| Wall St. event | IPO |
| Way to go | EXIT |
| What the A-team shouldn’t bring | BGAME |
| When steel was first forged | IRONAGE |
| Zip | NADA |
