| Stick under the bed? |
| Served flawlessly? |
| Play with, as a catnip mouse |
| Off-the-books business, perhaps |
| Olympics venue |
| Shifty type? |
| Lubricate again |
| Words before a deadline |
| Site of a Herculean task |
| Function |
| Sparkly wine cocktail |
| Praises to the heavens |
| Fumble |
| Cog on a wheel |
| ___ crawl |
| Mideast federation since 1971, in brief |
| Dunderhead |
| Fraternity letter |
| Brand of congestion medication |
| Where wild animals are most likely to see you |
| Old-fashioned "Whoopee!" |
| Capital of Brazil until 1960, informally |
| Refuses to |
| Make broader |
| Desert home to the legendary Mongolian death worm |
| Conservative, in a sense |
| Subject of a fully exposed image? |
| Affirming words |
| Surprise encounter |
| Polite refusal |
| Muppet named after a character in "Midnight Cowboy" |
| How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across |
| Bamboozle |
| 1977 Linda Ronstadt hit |
| Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase |
| Org. endorsing P.P.E. for workers |
| Jean who wrote "Wide Sargasso Sea" |
| Moves quickly, as a cloud |
| Really enjoy |
| In keeping with |
| Video game franchise starring major-league baseballers |
| Shortest path connecting two points on a sphere |
| Surname of father/son actors James and Scott |
| Henry Ford's sole heir |
| Consider something to be |
| Overly suspicious |
| Word often abbreviated to its middle letter in texts |
| *Like a household with a stay-at-home parent, maybe |
| Sambuca flavoring |
| Padded accounts? |
| "___ see it from my perspective …" |
| *Longtime Mazda catchphrase |
| *Annual gathering of superhero fans |
| Member of TV's Addams Family |
| It comes and goes |
| Last in a series |
| Mer makeup |
| *Babe-in-the-woods quality |
| Where the smallest bones in the body are found |
| Tiny particle |
| Wee 'un |
| Antique tools for pressing clothes |
| Ficus fruit |
| Mighty Patch target |
| Lot in Genesis, e.g. |
| Papal emissary |
| Swindle |
| More or less, in time |
| Señor's send-off |
| River deposits |
| N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Thomas |
| Best-selling 2019 memoir subtitled "A Coming-of-Gender Story" |
| Components of a hard six, in craps |
| Quick bite |
| Last in a series |
| Farm delivery letters |