| Puzzle in a children's activity book |
| Emphatic challenge |
| Promising words |
| New Haven-to-Hartford dir. |
| Laundry units |
| Saigon's counterpart, once |
| Tennis call |
| Covers, as a country road |
| Compadre |
| Absolutely inundated with work, so to speak |
| "And there you have it!" |
| 11-time sci-fi role for Anthony Daniels |
| It's just a thought |
| Lead-in to meter |
| "Play it by ear" and "all ears," e.g. |
| The same, in Latin |
| Wade through a book just to trash it, maybe |
| Chipped away at |
| Middle: Prefix |
| Highland garment outlawed by the Disclothing Act of 1746 |
| Cleared one's plate, say |
| Terminate |
| Sin represented by John Doe in the movie "Se7en" |
| Spoke grandly |
| Feminine aspect of the masculine personality, in Jungian psychology |
| Like computer code |
| Thematic element in 2023's "Oppenheimer" |
| Ryan of rom-coms |
| Modern manufacturing device … or you, when answering 17-, 31-, 39- and 46-Across? |
| Had |
| Pocket picked at lunch? |
| Opposite of post- |
| New-fashioned |
| Struggles to swallow |
| Impossible result in a World Cup final |
| Car whose emblem is a trident |
| Free spot, in brief |
| Home of the Inca Trail |
| Daniel who led a 1786-87 rebellion |
| Contractor's guess: Abbr. |
| Night before |
| Paris subway |
| Coldplay's "___ la Vida" |
| Arizona city that hosts the Fiesta Bowl |
| Crack after a bolt |
| Fink |
| Disorderly pile |
| Non-pro? |
| Sharply hurt |
| Drawn-out military attack |
| Soprano Fleming |
| One behind, in baseball |
| S, in Morse code |
| Japanese audio brand |
| Deathly pale |
| Itchy hands, for the arrival of money, supposedly |
| Casual office occasions |
| "My word is my bond," informally |
| Intelligence org. |
| That's a wrap! |
| Friend of Tarzan |
| Bell ringer's prank |
| Throw forcefully, in modern parlance |
| "You get it?" |
| October birthstone |
| Nickname that sounds like two letters of the alphabet |
| Irish name variant derived from John |
| Priestly vestment |
| Poke fun |
| ___ pot (receptacle for clearing nasal passages) |
| "Kiss From a Rose" singer |
| Last of 26, in Canada |
| Vivacity |
| Opposite of paleo- |
| Traverses |
| Intros to many YouTube videos |