| Whimper like a kitten |
| Chicken-serving bar? |
| "Water for Elephants" author Gruen |
| Derbies' edges |
| "By Jove, dear chap!" |
| "The promise of ___ is truth" (line from the Koran) |
| Horse's brisk gait |
| Game summary |
| Animated arguments over the issues (Maine) |
| Chung who launched her own fashion label |
| Hot, like a basketball player |
| Meat appetizer on a stick |
| "Toodle-oo!" |
| Emmy-winning Reiner |
| Existing (New York) |
| "I'm sick of this!" |
| Build something that can be cracked, say? |
| Dishonest practice |
| "1984" worker |
| Metal for an alchemist |
| Wander (about) |
| Like many games available for play at the Internet Archive |
| Bath room? |
| They may be examined on slides |
| One who may be far from campus while distance-learning, spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's theme answers |
| Higher level (North Carolina) |
| Nasty |
| Tint, as an Easter egg |
| Enthusiastic reply to a preacher |
| Mutual ___ (community-powered form of assistance) |
| Bamboo forest critters |
| City where the Asahi Shimbun is published |
| "Not with you on that" (Oregon) |
| Needle with insults |
| Part of a robe |
| "Is there anything to ___?" |
| Like desolate landscapes |
| Admit, with "to" |
| "Dimes," in Texas hold 'em lingo |
| Actress who co-starred on the series "Let's Stay Together" (New York) |
| Institutions found in this puzzle's circled squares |
| Drew into a trap |
| One having bed time during the day? |
| Article of clothing not worn during an undie run |
| "___ chance!" |
| Verb in many a chemistry lab manual |
| Window shade |
| Tons |
| Basketball player who averages 30 points per game, e.g. |
| Greyhounds' track event |
| "Whatever the cost, I'll pay that" (Texas) |
| ___ freak (cleanly sort) |
| Parks depicted in a sculpture at the National Statuary Hall |
| Floor installation worker |
| Show somebody? |
| Like Tom Waits's voice |
| Cherished recollection (Georgia) |
| Cold season outburst |
| "The Apu Trilogy" music composer Shankar |
| Microorganism's hairlike organelles |
| Paradise for 115 Down |
| Lets the tears flow |
| Like 24-hour pharmacies |
| Typed (in) |
| In a few minutes or so |
| Soup with dashi stock |
| Network providing fantasy football updates |
| Dickensian character |
| Expressive and poetic |
| Ones assigning stars |
| Cry to flamenco dancers |
| With "the," slang description of one's parents |
| Egyptian president from 1970 to 1981 |
| Angle symbol |
| Remaining at home |
| Forte for Agnes Martin, aptly contained in AGNES MARTIN |
| Wade's 1973 opponent |
| Ready to breed, as a thoroughbred |
| Sources of sass |
| Fell back into bad habits, say |
| "Let's kick some ___!" (pun from Mr. Freeze in "Batman & Robin") |
| Highest setting, briefly |
| Hydromassage locale |
| Seeing red |
| Apt rhyme of "cake" |
| Hairy swinger |
| Pale violet shade |
| Future draft picks' org. |
| Translation of 20 Across from 69 Down |
| Emulated theater majors |
| 1980 film featuring sideshow performers |
| Show joy in a show, say |
| Cellphones not finding any service and mirror-based jump scares, e.g., in horror films |
| Excitement from hype |
| Python pro's field, briefly |
| Observatory discovery of 1930, or an animated pooch created in 1930 |
| Base phrase |
| "Where the Crawdads Sing" author Owens |
| Incur charges from shots |
| Sweeten the deal? |
| 2011, 2014 and 2020 NFL MVP Aaron |
| Gmail button |
| Insignificant amount |
| Fraternal order with an antlered beast in its logo |
| Theater districts |
| 100 Year Starship project leader Jemison |
| Indoor sunbather |
| Croat's neighbor |
| Bears' burrows |
| RN's body piercings? |
| Comes down outside |
| Language from which "sofa" is derived |
| Peaceful and quiet |
| Abolished |
| Sinuous sea creature |
| Taste ___ |
| House vote broadcaster |
| Florida city where the Triple Crown winner Affirmed was bred |
| ___ Penh, Cambodia |
| Put on a show, say |
| Far from moist |
| "Great blue" bird |
| Frozen treat with a Major Mango flavor |
| Posse member Wyatt |
| First word of FWIW |
| Like one showing moxie |
| SoCal publication that puts on the annual Festival of Books |
| Onboard distress call |
| Cinco menos uno |
| Journalist Jacob |
| Start to become furious |
| Wind-up toys? |
| Brooding animal's noise |
| Mysterious and scary |
| Depend |
| Big bird of the past |
| Cookie in cream pies |
| "24" actress Mary ___ Rajskub |
| How some paleo diet foods are consumed |
| Hole-in-one |
| "Where ___ Went" (Gayle Forman novel) |
| Specialty for Lil Uzi Vert |
| Book of Genesis woman |
| Last word spoken by Romeo and Juliet |