| Egyptian beetle |
| Word before sheet or battle |
| First president to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery |
| Nabokov novel |
| Lobster ___ Newburg |
| Instrument that an orchestra tunes to |
| X-rayed, e.g. |
| Bit of acne |
| Went 90, say |
| Intertwine |
| That, in Tijuana |
| Classic Led Zeppelin song represented by the ascending circled letters and this answer |
| Bruins : U.C.L.A. :: ___ : Princeton |
| Whole bunch |
| ___-Magnon man |
| Transportation hub named for a 1930s-'40s mayor, in brief |
| A Cyclops has one |
| Piece of limbo equipment |
| Get tangled up |
| Catch wind of |
| Director Guillermo del ___ |
| German/Polish border river |
| Offerings from Pottery Barn and Chipotle |
| Yemen's capital |
| Opening of some formal letters |
| Territory |
| Peeled, as a pear |
| Soak (up), as gravy |
| "___ but a scratch" |
| Nevada's largest county |
| One doing an oral exam, in brief |
| Org. with programs that are taking off? |
| Types in |
| Home of the oldest active M.L.B. ballpark |
| Y.M.C.A. course, for short |
| Classic AC/DC song represented by the falling circled letters and this answer |
| Maya Angelou's "And Still I ___" |
| Musical ability |
| Part of N.H.L. |
| Offshore |
| Like 2019 and 2021, but not 2020 |
| Fumbles and flubs |
| Pupil's place |
| Platform for Dr. Mario and Final Fantasy |
| Places for toasters |
| Next to nothing, as a chance |
| "___ as you are" |
| "So sad" |
| Correct |
| Supped |
| No-goodnik |
| Schick product |
| 2001 Will Smith title role |
| Course of action |
| Completely wreck |
| Open and honest |
| Tipped off |
| Many a TikTok user |
| Fish in the genus Hippocampus |
| Opposite of WNW |
| Think ___ of |
| Deck protectors |
| With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| Static, maybe |
| Cloverleaf features |
| 2019, 2020 and 2021: Abbr. |
| See 29-Down |
| CPR sites |
| Animal that sounds a lot like you? |
| Letters on some airport uniforms |
| Antioxidant juice brand |
| The "p" of m.p.h. |
| "___ Te Ching" |
| Shouted |
| Porterhouse, e.g. |
| Aptly named shelfmate of Smarties candy |
| Ventriloquist Lewis |
| Flat-headed fastener |
| Gas in glowing signs |
| Teamwork disrupters |
| Tackle box item |
| More, as the saying goes |
| Juice suffix |
| Obama ___ |