| Before the bottom half of a 7-Down, tipple and then some |
| When the Lyrid meteor shower typically peaks |
| Funk |
| "Sounds like a plan" |
| Throat malady, for short |
| Late-night interviewee, e.g. |
| Graph component |
| Hybrid creature of myth |
| Bucolic call |
| Stopped producing new leads, as an investigation |
| Portrait seen on renminbi bank notes |
| "Lord of the Rings" baddie |
| Savage |
| Pole worker |
| Gummy candy brand |
| "Cool it, lovebirds" |
| Kicked things off |
| Flash point? |
| Rubbish receptacle |
| Connect with |
| Cry of pain ... or laughter |
| Hard one to teach, in a saying |
| Major talking point on CNBC, maybe |
| Inits. in a.m. TV |
| Carrie in "Sex and the City" |
| Hybrid creature of myth |
| They might be tied using a taiko musubi ("drum knot") |
| City sieged by Joan of Arc |
| "Time ___!" |
| Leave out |
| King of cubs |
| Sport shooting variety |
| Anti-D.U.I. org. |
| Maneuverable, in nautical lingo |
| That, en España |
| "Fourth periods" in hockey, for short |
| Philosopher Mo-___ |
| Sushi bar choice |
| A host of answers? |
| Apt rhyme for "lumberjacks" |
| "Seconded" |
| Letdown at a fireworks show |
| Rival of Athens |
| After the top half of a 42-Down, circles around the block? |
| Sushi bar choice |
| Silly |
| Follower of Christmas or Easter |
| "Live well" sloganeer |
| Son in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" |
| You can see right through it |
| ___ Pizza (punny trattoria name) |
| MC ___ of N.W.A |
| It may be wireless |
| Talk up |
| Green smoothie ingredient |
| Where you might search for a lead? |
| Liquid-Plumr alternative |
| Stained, in a way |
| Some tribal leaders on "Game of Thrones" |
| Before the bottom half of a 42-Down, keeps arguing after something has been decided |
| Playwright Bertolt |
| Prerelease, in Silicon Valley |
| Bucolic beasts |
| Japanese automaker |
| Certain protective parent, colloquially |
| Isle known as "The Gathering Place" |
| Graph component |
| Grammy category |
| After the top half of a 7-Down, sophisticated lady |
| Total War game company |
| Icy remark? |
| Big, in adspeak |
| Draft picks |
| Lead-in to care |
| "Miss ___ Regrets," jazz standard performed by Ethel Waters and Ella Fitzgerald |
| Sport shooting variety |
| Game show shout-out |
| His murder elicited the first wail of mourning, in Islamic accounts |