| Clues | Answers |
| “I’ve got it” | LETME |
| “Same” | METOO |
| “Scram!” | GIT |
| “Smooth Operator” singer | SADE |
| “The hottest spot north of Havana” | COPA |
| “To Live and Die ___” (1985 film) | INLA |
| “You are so right!” | AMEN |
| 1995 Scorsese film | CASINO |
| A bitten apple, e.g | TRADEMARK |
| Action character introduced in 1982’s “First Blood” | RAMBO |
| Always, abridged | EER |
| Banshee’s call | WAIL |
| Bearded beast | GNU |
| Betray sorrow | SOB |
| Both Clintons and Obamas took it | LSAT |
| Bovine, in baby talk | MOOCOW |
| Brimming, as with tears | ASWIM |
| Bring to bear | EXERT |
| Broad st | AVE |
| Caboose | BUTT |
| Cases for speech therapy | LISPS |
| Charlotte’s creation | WEB |
| Chow | GRUB |
| Close | IMMEDIATE |
| Co. that made the Hornet, Pacer and Gremlin | AMC |
| Complaint | BEEF |
| Composer Stravinsky | IGOR |
| Counter statement? | NEXT |
| Dark goo | TAR |
| Desktop array | ICONS |
| Discouraging words | NOS |
| Diva’s delivery | ARIA |
| Draped garment | SARI |
| Fancy neckwear | ASCOT |
| Far from wordy | TERSE |
| Fashion model Wek | ALEK |
| Field yield | HARVEST |
| Final notice | OBITUARY |
| First-rate, to Teddy Roosevelt | BULLY |
| Fitting | APT |
| Flaky mineral | MICA |
| Flock female | EWE |
| Floral garland | LEI |
| Flourish | GROW |
| Fred and Wilma’s four-legged friend | DINO |
| Fresh | NEW |
| Fundraising sales | BAZAARS |
| Give in | ACQUIESCE |
| Glass of “This American Life” | IRA |
| Golfer Michelle | WIE |
| Guitar composer Antonio | LAURO |
| Hardy title name | TESS |
| Historic period | AGE |
| Hold up | ROB |
| Hollywood hopeful | STARLET |
| Homes, informally | CRIBS |
| Humvee precursor | JEEP |
| In a big way | ATSCALE |
| In addition | ATTHAT |
| Is repelled by | HATES |
| It can be soft or firm | TOFU |
| Jumbled mass | WELTER |
| Kid zone | PLAYPEN |
| Knight wear | ARMOR |
| Ladder bar | RUNG |
| Lake that sounds spooky | ERIE |
| Landed | ACRED |
| Late night’s O’Brien | CONAN |
| Like some Nolan Ryan games | NOHIT |
| Like tarsiers and tigers | ASIAN |
| Little lies | FIBS |
| Liu of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” | SIMU |
| Low card in pinochle | NINE |
| Lowish USN rank | ENS |
| Maiden name label | NEE |
| Mother of Isaac | SARAH |
| Mount on Honshu | FUJI |
| Narrow valley | GLEN |
| Nearly worthless coin | SOU |
| No longer on the plate | EATEN |
| Nonviolent protest | SITIN |
| Not out | AWAKE |
| Olive in the comics | OYL |
| Or “A Pastry Cook’s Journey From Rags to Riches”? | THEBUNALSORISES |
| Or “An Indian Chef’s Memoirs”? | THEREMAINSOFTHEDAL |
| Or “Confessions of a Disgruntled Sommelier”? | GONEWITHTHEWINE |
| Or “Garden Greens Year-Round”? | THEWINTERSKALE |
| Or “How I Built My Fast-Food Empire”? | LORDOFTHEFRIES |
| Or “Notes From My CBD Bakery”? | LOAVESOFGRASS |
| Or “Remembrances of a Gin and Tonic Enthusiast”? | INSEARCHOFLOSTLIME |
| Party to | INON |
| Passive force of Chinese philosophy | YIN |
| Peregrine’s piercer | TALON |
| Person with a title | OWNER |
| Pierre Trudeau, e.g | QUEBECKER |
| Pitcher for a series opener | ACE |
| Pitchers Greinke and Weiss | ZACKS |
| Pizzeria buy | SLICE |
| Power unit | WATT |
| Prov. north of the Great Lakes | ONT |
| Rider of the eight-legged horse Sleipnir | ODIN |
| Rider of two Triple Crown winners | ARCARO |
| RISD degree | BFA |
| Roman goddess of night | NOX |
| Rome’s Galleria Nazionale ___ Moderna | DARTE |
| Savors | RELISHES |
| Second cal. page | FEB |
| Setting for a Grand Tour | EUROPE |
| Settle on | CHOOSE |
| Show inquisitiveness | ASK |
| Siamese sound | MEOW |
| Sister network of Flix | TMC |
| Ski shop buy | WAX |
| Skilled | ABLE |
| Smash letters | SRO |
| Some rode the rails | HOBOS |
| Some strings | VIOLAS |
| Sparkle | CORUSCATE |
| Sped off | TOREOUT |
| Speeds off | FLEES |
| Spotter’s cry | ISEEIT |
| Squirrel snack | ACORN |
| Stabilizes | STEADIES |
| Starts to come around | STIRS |
| Step into the shower | RINSEOFF |
| Studio sign | ONAIR |
| Stuff in strands | DNA |
| Syllables spoken while covering one’s ears | LAS |
| Symbol of Athena | OWL |
| Terminal areas | GATES |
| They pull up to the red carpet | LIMOS |
| Truck capacity, maybe | ONETON |
| Was pedantic, in a way | Nitpicked |
| Wasn’t colorfast | RAN |
| Where Colin Powell got his B.S | CCNY |
| White birds-in-___ (Florida flower) | ANEST |
| Woo | COURT |
| X, to Xenophon | CHI |
| You’ve heard it before | ECHO |
| ___ Friday’s | TGI |
