| Hook's sidekick |
| Lakeside rental |
| Loses one's cool |
| Spud ___, 5'7" N.B.A. star who famously won a Slam Dunk Contest |
| Lacking slack |
| Factual |
| "Glory to the ___ king" (carol line) |
| Air kiss sound |
| Oversaw, as a committee |
| 2014 movie about Dr. King |
| Brimless chef's hat |
| Liveliness |
| Brit's "Baloney!" |
| Pseudocultured |
| Not staged |
| Target of an ID thief |
| Wild guess |
| Impose, as a tax |
| Cleaned the dishes? |
| Feeling of wonder |
| Capp and Capone |
| First things you learn |
| *Carpenter's decorative molding |
| Low in fat |
| Co. in the Dow Jones index since 1979 |
| Museum-funding org. |
| N.Y.C. museum, with "the" |
| Genetic "messenger" |
| Personal manner |
| *Abundant harvest |
| Common bar order, with "the" |
| "One more thing ...," in a text |
| Hesitant assent |
| Yelps of pain |
| On the briny |
| With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| Española, por ejemplo |
| Ballplayers with birds on their caps |
| Larsson who wrote the "Millennium" trilogy |
| See 54-Across |
| David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky" |
| Alternative to café |
| Take apart, as a tapestry |
| Renter's contract |
| Book that might include "Silent Night" |
| Managed, somehow |
| *Device for holding papers together |
| Way in or out |
| Lady ___ (nickname in jazz) |
| Commencement celebrant, in brief |
| Played at a hoedown, perhaps |
| Of a ring-shaped part of the iris |
| ___ hall (place to play) |
| Dutch-speaking Caribbean vacation spot |
| *Bologna, e.g. |
| Hairy Himalayans |
| Beer buy |
| Bring on board |
| Bring to bear, as pressure |
| "The Misanthrope" playwright |
| Of a historic period |
| Old cornball variety show with Buck Owens |
| "Monster's Ball" Oscar winner |
| Offset, as costs |
| Black-purple fruit from a palm tree |
| Cincinnati radio station of bygone TV |
| Director of 2000's "Charlie's Angels," to film fans |
| In need of cheering up |
| At hand |
| "Ghostbusters" character ___ Spengler |
| Does the crawl, say |
| Bone paralleling the fibula |
| Epitaph words |
| Compensate for a sprained ankle, say |