| The "stone of heaven," in Chinese lore |
| 9, in dates: Abbr. |
| "___ just in" (start of a news alert) |
| Opposite of occupied |
| Vicinity |
| "Pacific Rim" actor Elba |
| Head fake in basketball, e.g. |
| Face covering |
| Spray seen at 68 Down |
| Northern locale ruled by bearded folklore beings? |
| Some Thanksgiving leftovers |
| "Jurassic Park" star Neill |
| Show appreciation for a poet |
| Molecule involved in gene regulation |
| Opposite of a fire extinguisher? |
| Female deer or rabbit |
| ___ Winston (Ryan Hurst's role on "Sons of Anarchy") |
| Like many debunked conspiracy theories |
| Author Bombeck or singer Franklin |
| Offspring from the deified composer Frank? |
| Roman moon deity |
| Game manager, briefly |
| Witness stand assent |
| Dress that the historian Rta Kapur Chishti called the "magical unstitched garment" |
| Ideological programs |
| Three-tone chord |
| Small ornamental mats |
| Marsupial seen in North America |
| Like idiomatic cannons |
| Keepers of the keys? |
| Statement about a place where two people share something equally? |
| Avid about |
| Nonverbal greeting |
| Artikel article |
| As a result |
| "Love Jones" actress Long |
| Change the world a little bit at a time? |
| Field goal attempt's path |
| Music genre for Mighty Sparrow and Lord Invader |
| Setting of the 2011 film "Soul Surfer" |
| "Yuh-huh!" |
| Gazes creepily |
| Surveillance tool |
| Computer programmer and activist Swartz |
| Party in Portland, e.g.? |
| "You mean the 31st U.S. president? Blast!"? |
| Poetic palindrome |
| One claiming to be above the unwashed masses |
| Yields, as dividends |
| Co. founder, often |
| "Family" star Thompson |
| Rise up, say |
| Grammy-winning Count |
| Simple Minds singer Jim |
| Proverb espousing the virtue of staying quiet, and a hint to a word spelled out by six letters in this puzzle |
| Retailer whose system of moving stock around its stores is known as a "treasure hunt" strategy |
| Tales of the ___ Nights (board game) |
| Trashed, as a reputation |
| Loves a lot |
| Like "The Princess Bride" |
| Mixed martial artist Brian |
| State for one who's lying? |
| "Beauty is an attitude" speaker Lauder |
| After the procedure |
| Xerox machine problems |
| Piece heard at La Scala |
| Midwestern locale of the test garden run by Better Homes & Gardens |
| Grab a snack |
| Document endorser |
| Pulitzer winner ___ St. Vincent Millay |
| Fuel for products sold by Hank Hill on "King of the Hill" |
| Tiny ___ (boy in "A Christmas Carol") |
| Mad Hatter's brew |
| Fast, as in tech products |
| Pac-Man ghost that's light blue, not black as its name suggests |
| Gazes |
| Flora on some walls |
| 1991 Kenneth Branagh-Emma Thompson film that features a hypnosis technique known as past life regression |
| Prom night ride |
| "If all ___ fails ..." |
| Typeface decoration |
| Swing in a frenzied way |
| "Milkman" author Burns |
| Sketch comedy performer Caesar |
| Raw part of a lode |
| Makes arrangements such that one may |
| At a low volume |
| Phrase represented online as ¯¯\_(''/)_/¯¯ |
| Bespectacled boss of Fred Flintstone |
| Show appreciation for a musician |
| "Les Misé©rables" author Victor |
| Busy hosp. spaces |
| Lawn repair supply |
| Global ___ Vault (doomsday vault built in Norway to protect Nabisco cookies from an asteroid ... yes, it's true) |
| ___ track (insulting recording) |
| "It was right in front of me all along!" |
| Alters, as legislation |
| Marsupial seen in Australia, for short |
| Card player's marker |
| Burnt log remnant |
| Not ruling out |
| 60 percent of V |
| Red, in Madrid |
| Teaching assistant's email address ender |
| Hawaiian floral band |
| Competed |
| Workers' earnings |
| Falls for many tourists |
| Counted up, as votes |
| Unpleasant job routine |
| One cleaning boxers? |
| Pioneering member of the Supreme Court |
| Semicircular recesses |
| Largest organ of the human body |
| Like gooseberries |
| Take to court |
| Swearing in court |
| "Sayonara," in Siena |
| Presidential term's four |
| Intense urge |
| Emotionally blue |
| Zoom lecture, say |
| Train track, e.g.? |
| Include, as in a mailing |
| Relative of a hamster |
| Colorado ski resort that's a homophone of 21 Across |
| Lubricating dose applied with a lid open |
| Space City baseball pro |
| "How I Wish" singer Carmen |
| What cardiologists hear |
| Back of a 45 record |
| Visibly stunned |
| Heals, as a broken bone |
| ___ over (freezes up) |
| "Mm-hmm, ri-i-i-ight" |
| Money at a French cafe |
| Big game show prize |
| Uplifting work |
| Piece of dunked bread |
| Cargo ___ (obstacle course feature, often) |
| It may be inflated on a movie set |
| Fist bump |