| It contains uracil |
| It's been shortening since 1911 |
| It's often left hanging |
| Java holder |
| Jocund |
| Jubilance |
| Juilliard deg |
| Kerfuffles |
| Like some bars and blankets |
| Like some college halls |
| Like some TVs, informally |
| Mantra sounds |
| Mariner's array |
| Matched up |
| Melodious |
| MGM motto opener |
| Middle line of many an address: Abbr |
| Mideast inits |
| Mother of Eos and Helios |
| Muttered commentary |
| Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight starred clues as well as this puzzle's design |
| Nasty sort |
| Native ___ |
| Not pay attention at all |
| Nurses |
| One with dreads |
| Ones with muses |
| Operatic baritone Pasquale |
| Option in 'Hamlet' |
| Org. with the Larry O'Brien Trophy |
| Paid at the end, say |
| Part of OTOH |
| Paws |
| Perturbed |
| Puff the Magic Dragon's land |
| Rear |
| Relieved (of) |
| Result of a firing |
| Scheduling placeholder |
| Sci-fi shooter |
| Sculling implement |
| She played Joanie on 'Joanie Loves Chachi' |
| Sign of success? |
| Small bra specification |
| Smurf in red |
| Something handled in a bar |
| Something to chew on |
| Sounds edited out of some audio |
| Standard of measurement |
| The 'm' of 'yes'm' |
| Track, often |
| Transplants |
| Two will get you turned around |
| U.S. city that becomes another U.S. city if you move the last letter to the front |
| Unrefined material |
| Vim |
| Warren who wrote 'The War of the Roses' |
| Was idle |
| Written paeans |
| Yankees teammate of Captain Clutch |
| Zigs or zags |
| ___ Picchu (Peruvian high spot) |
| 'And ___!' |
| 'La Dolce Vita' actress |
| 'The Godfather' enforcer who 'sleeps with the fishes' |
| 'Superfood' used in smoothies |
| 'Not to mention ...' |
| 'Take ___' (exec's request) |
| 'The Little Mermaid' villainess, for one |
| *'I have some bad news ...' |
| *Arnold Schwarzenegger, once |
| *Comfort provider during difficult times |
| *Crushing burden |
| *Not shirk a difficult task |
| *One who's not leading |
| *Very durable |
| *What a massage may relieve |
| All-___ |
| An eternity |
| Animal's mouth |
| April foolers, e.g |
| Arches in Gothic architecture |
| Armageddon |
| Bald spot coverer |
| Barrett of Pink Floyd |
| Bartiromo of Fox Business |
| Be a busy beaver? |
| Big pitcher |
| Big Three conference site |
| Bread at a restaurant, typically |
| Break |
| Breather? |
| Broad valleys |
| Bryn ___ |
| Bubs |
| Ceiling |
| Cereal box abbr |
| Charges |
| Charmin competitor |
| Chinese 'way' |
| Christmas gift holder |
| City in which 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is set |
| Compos mentis |
| Concert souvenir |
| Conk out |
| Content that's hard for a search engine to access |
| Coordinated gene cluster |
| Corroded |
| Create, as a canyon |
| Crosses a threshold |
| Da's opposite |
| Day to beware |
| Deed of derring-do |
| Devilfish |
| Director Almodóvar |
| Dollop |
| Engineers' competition set in a ring |
| Eternally |
| Excoriates |
| F.D.R. purchased the first one of these bonds |
| Fish on many a sashimi platter |
| Flame out |
| Force/acceleration |
| Forte |
| French sea |
| Gestating, after 'in' |
| Get a cut of |
| Get cracking on |
| Goes like hotcakes |
| Goes viral, say |
| Google statistic |
| Greek high spot |
| Group of jerks |
| Has way too much, briefly |
| Have a loan from |
| Having special significance |
| ID provider |
| Idiosyncrasy |
| Imbues, as with flavor |
| Is for two? |