| Clustered |
| Attention seekers |
| Suckling |
| Best Actress Oscar winner between Streep and Field |
| Agent of change |
| Meted out |
| Lightly roast |
| Continental abbr. |
| Fictional exemplar of Christmas spirit |
| Behave like a helicopter parent |
| Stir-fried noodle dish |
| Attendant of Desdemona in "Othello" |
| Sews up |
| Critical |
| Senator Joni and Dadaist Max |
| What water in a bucket might do |
| Potential source of a political scandal |
| Actress ___ Rachel Wood |
| Evasive maneuver |
| Opposite of "to" |
| Boxer, for example |
| Source of the line "Man does not live by bread alone": Abbr. |
| Handcuffs |
| This, for one |
| "___ be in England" |
| Negotiator with G.M. |
| Item often numbered from 3 to 9 |
| Gobs |
| Descartes's conclusion |
| City on the Brazos River |
| ___ Crunch |
| How to take glib promises |
| Time magazine's Person of the Century runner-up, 1999 |
| Dog/dog separator |
| Enlivens |
| Gush |
| Subject of many a negotiation |
| Boardwalk buy |
| ___ Westover, author of the 2018 best-selling memoir "Educated" |
| "In Praise of Folly" writer |
| Days ___ |
| Propeller blades? |
| Energy |
| Nothingburger |
| "Silent Spring" subject, for short |
| Big name in theaters |
| Till compartment |
| Strain |
| Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr. |
| Big feller? |
| Fails to be |
| Refried bean |
| Peak |
| Reduction in what one owes |
| Princess Diana, for one |
| Headaches |
| Prefix with medic or military |
| Nursery rhyme couple |
| Astronaut Jemison of the space shuttle Endeavour |
| Kind of wheel |
| Gulp |
| Cozy spot |
| State |
| Shows how it's done |
| Climate change, notably |
| Heroine of Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" |
| Jack up |
| Repeated part of a pop song |
| Reveille player |
| Like Havarti or Muenster |
| Setting for a classic Georges Seurat painting, en français |
| South American cowboys |
| Fruity quaff |
| Warning sign |
| Blast from the past |
| Sch. with 50+ alums who went on to become astronauts |
| Time of day |
| Brings (out) |
| Australia's national women's basketball team |
| Column crosser |
| Exasperate |
| Fabric with sheen |
| Moved like Jagr? |
| Follow |
| Reflexive pronoun |
| Fishes |
| Almost won |
| You, according to Jesus in Matthew 5:13 |
| Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish, to teens |
| Orlando ___, two-time Gold Glove Award winner |
| Martial artist's belt |
| Get cold feet, with "out" |
| It's held by a winner |
| Shaded growths |
| Jam producer |
| Bits of terre in la mer |
| Churns |
| "Gracias a ___" |
| 1940s vice president who went on to become president |
| Farming prefix |
| Soup server |
| Jack Frost's bite |
| Author Harper |
| Super ending |
| "Whenever I want you, all I have to do" is this, in an Everly Brothers hit |
| Add insult to injury |
| "A Life for the ___" (Mikhail Glinka opera) |
| Argentina's leading daily sports newspaper |
| Tea type |
| Dry |
| "Tut-tut" |
| Not so much |
| He loved Lucy |
| Post |
| Appurtenance for a T.S.A. agent |
| Big 12 college town |
| Many Dorothy Parker pieces |
| Memorized |
| Disco ___ ("The Simpsons" character) |
| Emulated a kitten |
| Way of securing payment |
| "Holy ___!" |
| Knitting stitch |
| Least interesting |
| 2002 Winter Olympics locale |
| What flies usually become |
| It gets the ball rolling |
| Org. with the slogan "Every child. One voice" |
| Looks through |
| Abdominal pain producer |
| Fizzy drinks |
| Word after bargain or overhead |
| ___ expense (free) |
| Brand with the slogan "The Art of Childhood" |
| Boasts |
| Gloomy |
| Longtime anthropomorphic aardvark on PBS |
| Sounds "everywhere," in a children's song |