| Startling sound |
| End of a threat |
| Nora Ephron and Sofia Coppola, for two |
| Only Stratego piece with a letter on it |
| Ally of the Brat Pack |
| Idaho, e.g., in dialect |
| Sardine container |
| Preserve, in a way |
| Chance to go |
| Give extra consideration, with "on" |
| Absorb, as sauce with bread |
| The land down under? |
| Sacred cross in ancient Egypt |
| Common baking pear |
| Result of a breast pocket mishap, maybe |
| Ancient Egyptians |
| Corporate money managers, for short |
| Sports team V.I.P.s |
| Squalid digs |
| Walk-___ |
| Prickly covering of a seed |
| Studmuffin |
| "___ your request ..." |
| "___ the only one?" |
| Beatles title woman |
| "You betcha!" |
| Feature of a classical Greek drama |
| "Roses ___ red ..." |
| Bit of fill-in-the-blanks fun |
| Nonsense |
| Car sticker fig. |
| Compliant sorts |
| Subject of intl. treaties |
| "The ___ -- is wider than the Sky" (start of an Emily Dickinson poem) |
| Galoot |
| Volt-amperes |
| Attention hog, maybe |
| Portrait seen on renminbi bills |
| Do core exercises all day, every day? |
| One "R" in R&R |
| Apt name for a lawyer |
| Hoarse |
| "___ Brockovich" |
| False accusation, informally |
| Company whose business is picking up? |
| Fancy Feast alternative |
| Singer Watson, a.k.a. Tones and I, with the 2019 hit "Dance Monkey" |
| Tarnish |
| Capital near the North Sea |
| Prepare for a road trip, perhaps |
| Comparable (to) |
| Quick drive |
| Seedy area? |
| Big Apple media inits. |
| Disciple |
| Bookworms call dad? |
| Prepares (for) |
| South Beach and Paleo, for two |
| A young Justice Ginsburg chuckles? |
| Really good time |
| Signature item |
| Swiss painter Paul |
| Depletes, with "up" |
| Numerous |
| ___-cat |
| Hops-drying oven |
| "Gimme ___" |
| Follower of word or potato |
| Supernova in our galaxy? |
| Dinner table expander |
| Symbols in Twitter handles |
| Race units |
| "We ___ Overcome" |
| One may be nominated for a Hugo Award |
| Palindromic farm animal |
| Stubborn sorts |
| Color marker |
| Subcontractor in a bathroom remodel |
| Gusto |
| Got hip, with "up" |
| How a door might be slammed |
| Least forward |
| Govt. org. with a forerunner known as the Black Chamber |
| "Runnin'" team of N.C.A.A. Division I college basketball |
| With the greatest of ___ |
| Business for Sanders supporters? |
| Holiday dish served with sour cream or applesauce |
| ___ golf |
| Logical connector |
| When E.M.T.s bring home the bacon? |
| Burger King bingefest? |
| Guthrie who performed at Woodstock |
| Hunky-dory |
| Heavier alternative to a foil |
| Some astronomy Ph.D.s? |
| Cutting edge? |
| A/C spec |
| Longtime Japanese P.M. who stepped down in 2020 |
| Sloped roof support |
| Alma mater for Spike Lee and Donald Glover, for short |
| Response to an order |
| Members of the crow family |
| Anatomical pouch |
| Links grp. |
| Elusive legend |
| "I mean ..." |
| Like ___ of sunshine |
| Hard to handle, in a way |
| They go wherever the wind blows |
| Like binary questions |
| Higher, as ambitions |
| Declare |
| They can be batted and rolled |
| False fronts |
| When high school seniors often visit the colleges that accepted them |
| Where hangers hang |
| Dangerous move on a busy highway |
| Legendary password stealer |
| Coarse farm sound |
| "Blueberries for ___" (kid-lit classic) |
| Does a dog trick |
| Eponym of the Detroit Lions field |
| Build-your-own Tex-Mex dish |
| ___ avis |
| It helps in passing |
| Takes steps |
| Japan's street food mecca |
| Rocker Cobain |
| Diarist who documented the Great Plague of London |
| Gets lost |
| Promises, promises! |
| Any Olympian, once |
| "___ Dead?" (Mark Twain play) |
| Drops an f-bomb, say |
| Deep secret |
| Maker of the X6 and Z4 |
| Onetime Sony rival |
| Quickly learn one's lesson? |
| Doctors Without Borders, e.g.: Abbr. |
| Off-color |