| "My hero!" |
| Demonstrate |
| Lentil-based stew from 42-Down |
| Wintertime traction aid |
| Magazine with "Maison" and "Enfants" spinoffs |
| Save money on one's city commute, say |
| One use of an endowment fund |
| Kitchen sampler |
| That's a wrap! |
| Complete group |
| Scrape (by) |
| Hermanas de su padre |
| Ecosystem formed by polyps |
| Goof |
| Lose, as layers |
| West Coast N.C.A.A. conference that lost 10 teams in 2024 |
| Cries plaintively |
| "Same!" |
| Newark alternative, in brief |
| Typical length of February |
| Lauds |
| Walking |
| Visual file format |
| Oscar-winning actor in Farmers Insurance ads |
| Writer whose work is hell to get through? |
| Surgeon's co-worker, casually |
| In which little gloves are worn |
| Long-lasting lip makeup |
| Podiatric woes |
| Tennis star Wawrinka |
| "Arrr, welcome aboard me ship!" |
| Fermented Russian drink |
| Dedication preposition |
| Short nap |
| Cuts |
| Genesis creator |
| Location of elation, in an idiom |
| What astronauts do more slowly in space than on earth |
| College athletics airer |
| Task recipient |
| Cuts |
| Expiate, with "for" |
| Party ___ |
| Botanist's study |
| Won without a sweat |
| Mattress supports |
| Source of a sleep-inducing narcotic in the "Odyssey" |
| Give up |
| Brief glimpses of stars, say |
| Bucko |
| Surfing move with all of one's toes off the board |
| Word with one or minute |
| Parking spot for a camper |
| Summer pests |
| Like old Nintendo consoles |
| Put up with |
| Aussie boot brand |
| Vodka sold in blue bottles |
| Ooze |
| Like Dashboard Confessional's music |
| Not viable from the start, for short |
| Like a grass-roots approach |
| Specialty of Bordeaux |
| Aces |
| Press-on beauty products |
| Midtown Manhattan hot spot … or each of this puzzle's three shaded regions? |
| Reacted to a sudden noise, say |
| Assent that might be accompanied by eye-rolling |
| Colada fruit |
| Bicycles built for two |
| "One moment!" |
| ___ de rire ("dying of laughter," in French) |
| Coming-of-age celebration |
| Pac-Man platform |
| Jazz trombonist Dickenson |
| Period piece |
| For which one might ask for forgiveness |
| Do in, biblically |
| "A Little Devil in America" writer Abdurraqib |
| Like one Freudian stage |
| At the bottom of the standings, perhaps |
| Pop-___ (book genre) |
| "It's too bad, but …" |
| Brightly colored birds, often |
| Winter Olympics event |
| Filmmaker Aster |
| Like many Christmas ornaments |
| Surfer's hand sign |
| Inbox greeting |
| Accelerate, with "up" |
| Weight gained at the start of college, informally |
| The Magic, on scoreboards |
| Not out |
| "___ who?" |
| Hundred Acre Wood resident |
| Awards feat, for short |
| Take out |
| Military honor with fired artillery |
| "Are you for real?" |
| Hilton ___, Pulitzer-winning critic for The New Yorker |
| See 12-Across |
| Performs at a wedding, say |
| Early I.S.P. |
| ___ suite (attached living space) |
| Squad for the Invisible Woman and the Thing |
| One table in the high school cafeteria, maybe |
| Left no doubts about |
| Bring to a boil |
| Executive deg. |
| Web feed inits. |
| Clues for birdwatchers |
| Squirt |
| Wake-up times, for short |
| Like Santa after Christmas, presumably |
| Noted leader of the Onondaga |
| Scandalous story |
| Longed (for) |
| Too low, musically |
| Always-open workout spots |
| Soft leather |
| Big-budget expense for a Marvel movie, for short |
| Clear up, in a way |
| ___ de vie (fruit brandy) |
| Surrealist James |
| Stumbling sounds |
| Smartphone service inits. |
| Perfume, as at a Mass |
| On the ___ (often, informally) |
| Picket line crosser |
| Transportation division |
| Lynne Cheney portrayer in 2018's "Vice" |
| Turnt |
| "Aw, darn!" |
| Crime series spinoff with more seasons than the original |
| Mug alternative, at a coffee shop |
| One-fifth of a British pound |
| Letters of pride |
| Where Ross teaches paleontology on "Friends," in brief |
| Contradicts |
| Exclamation after misunderstanding some Gen Z slang, say |
| Starchy side, familiarly |
| Ned who composed an operatic version of "Our Town" |
| Exacting |
| ___ Strait, waterway bordering Japan |
| Edit |
| Lhasa ___ |
| Like the New Year festival Songkran |
| [That's ridiculous!] |
| Golfer Jon |
| Pen |
| Word with black or bow |
| Suffix with doomer or consumer |
| French menu phrase |
| Reunion attendees |