| Bit by a bit |
| Tournament favorites |
| Group of tonal languages |
| Day originally marked by a full moon in the early Roman calendar |
| Hunk |
| Like some forecasts and complexions |
| Wish otherwise |
| Leader of the pack |
| Gulf Coast habitat |
| Fragrant oil |
| Resident of the most populous city in western Asia |
| Income source for some older folks, in brief |
| Do more than nudge |
| Day-___ |
| "Mean" Joe Greene, e.g. |
| Simple shelter |
| When doubled, overly enthusiastic |
| Windshield annoyance |
| Rapper with the 2018 #1 album "Invasion of Privacy" |
| Midwest college town |
| Biden or Harris, for short |
| One on a rack |
| "In witness whereof," "as hereinbefore mentioned," etc. |
| Disorder from which Dostoyevsky and many characters in his novels suffered |
| Cozy spot |
| Approach |
| Protein-mimicking molecule |
| Compound at a nail salon |
| Langston Hughes classic |
| Insta blurb |
| Invertebrate with a floral eponym |
| "The Pink Panther" character |
| Having successfully made it, slangily |
| Top-level foreign policy grp. |
| Avant-garde |
| ___ de leche |
| Internet star Majimbo known for her comedy videos |
| Prince, but not a princess |
| "Go jump in a lake!" |
| Oil alternative, in baking |
| Durable furniture material |
| Texter's transition |
| ___ Antipova ("Doctor Zhivago" character) |
| Gallic greeting |
| Composer who studied under Joseph Haydn |
| "Le Bonheur de Vivre" painter |
| Pharmaceutical pioneer Lilly |
| Post-merger overhauls, informally |
| Evening, informally |
| Eins + zwei |
| Digital digest with the motto "Cure ignorance" |
| Tastes |
| Something to knock on |
| Remunerated |
| Young Henry V, to Falstaff |
| Made invalid |
| A-lister |
| Prevaricate |
| Preceders of pis |
| Having an impeccable reputation, say |
| Pres. Carter's alma mater |
| Post-merger acquisitions? |
| Cloud nine feeling |
| Swirling storm |
| Essential |
| Many a Winter Olympian |
| ___ goal (soccer blunder) |
| Cousin of a crow |
| Childish retort |
| What a cafeteria tray can be used as |
| Painter Édouard often confused with painter Claude |
| 35mm options |
| Tug of war or capture the flag |
| Fancy Feast flavor |
| Rotter |
| Some boxers |
| Letting up |
| Name found in "Variety" |
| Setting for simmering |
| Onetime auto make with the Metro and Prizm models |
| Stately shade tree |
| Howe'er |
| Ball-and-socket joint |
| Creative, as thinking |
| Ink on a contract |
| Beats around the bush … or bushes |
| Sublime soprano |
| Brings up, as a subject |
| 39+ weeks, for a pregnancy |
| Mane character in "The Wizard of Oz"? |
| Leaves out |
| Prefix with constriction |
| Wedding cake supports |
| Charm |
| Didn't participate |
| Big cheese's place? |
| Physicist Schrödinger |
| James who sang "A Sunday Kind of Love" |
| Like carbon monoxide |
| Like sumo wrestlers, medically speaking |
| Single-handedly |
| Adheres |
| Blackthorn fruit |
| Shiny top |
| Voting rights matriarch ___ Boynton Robinson |
| "Who, me?" response |
| Deceived, in a way |
| Like one who's seen a ghost |
| In a few words |
| Hand warmer |
| Pierre ou Marie |
| Common frequency for college classes |
| Some young ladies abroad: Abbr. |
| Bum |
| Things frequently stolen |
| Like some lips |
| Le Pew of Looney Tunes |
| Non reversal? |
| Auditioners' goals |
| Prefix with pronoun |
| Ethereal glows |
| Garnish on a Moscow mule |
| Symbol of Irish heritage |
| "No ifs, ___ or buts" |
| Boor |
| Opposed to, in dialect |
| Frost |
| Cause of class struggle? |
| Hypotenuse-finding formula |
| Doesn't comply with |
| A Kool-Aid flavor |
| Asia's vanishing ___ Sea |
| Eliot's "___ Marner" |
| One drinking soft drinks at a party, perhaps |
| "Dust Tracks __ Road" (Zora Neale Hurston memoir) |
| Member of the fam |
| Ham it up |
| Implement at a regatta |
| Serve |
| Egg on |