| Trademark of deadpan stand-ups |
| Things listed on a wedding registry |
| Quiet period |
| Play opener |
| Like the femur, among all bones in the body |
| "Stee-RIKE three!" follower |
| Essence |
| Bugs, perhaps |
| Put two and two together, say |
| Not quite right |
| Whistle-blower Brockovich |
| "I'm flexible" |
| Sludge |
| Areas that are lower than their surrounding terrain |
| Rich rock |
| Black ___ |
| Long time span |
| Private sleeping accommodations? |
| Lou Grant's wife on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" |
| Big bird |
| Subject to damages |
| What lies before you, with "the" |
| Toss out |
| Not ruling out |
| Cy Young winners, e.g. |
| "Educated insolence," per Aristotle |
| Stopover |
| What makes a sticker stickier? |
| Dog leg terminus |
| Do some garden work |
| Instrument panels |
| Dance floor lighting option |
| Syllables of laughter |
| Text massager |
| Swahili honorific |
| Ungulate feature |
| Landed |
| Author's concern that, when parsed as four parts, provides a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| Gesture of reassurance |
| Sufficient, informally |
| Like many Keats works |
| Word on a nutrition label |
| Bold, energetic and ambitious type, it's said |
| Site for a light bite |
| Speed |
| Sweatshirt style |
| Collector's goal |
| "Lucy and ___" (2022 documentary) |
| Give, but expect back |
| Words to a betrayer |
| Major food source animal |
| Computing pioneer Lovelace |
| Swerve wildly from side to side, as a car |
| ___ Park, neighborhood of Los Angeles |
| Anticipate |
| Mind |
| Burnt bit of brisket |
| Confidently struts |
| ___ Bay, neighborhood of the Bronx |
| Italian cheese |
| Fail to act decisively in the face of a challenge |
| Legislative collectives |
| One of three in an SOS message |
| Part of a pipe |
| Melancholy Musketeer |
| Raced, as away from danger |
| Right hand |
| Feeds (on) |
| "Twilight" protagonist |
| Lavishly regaled, in a way |
| Scooby-Doo, to Scrappy-Doo |
| Druid, e.g. |
| Indian honorific |
| Goes hog-wild |
| Prefix with cumulus |
| Move forward resolutely |
| Fountain of Youth's promise |
| Old-timey medicines |