| Clues | Answers |
| “Blech!” | ICK |
| “But it’s a dry __” | HEAT |
| “Taxi” mechanic | LATKA |
| “The Lion King” lion | NALA |
| “What __, chopped liver?” | AMI |
| “You __ your best” | DID |
| Accolades | ACCLAIM |
| Actor McKellen | IAN |
| Actress Goldie | HAWN |
| American Eagle Outfitters lingerie brand | AERIE |
| Amo, amas, __ | AMAT |
| Apparently was | SEEMED |
| Apple pie order | ALAMODE |
| Area represented by Sen. Gillibrand | NYS |
| Baked side | POTATOWITHCHIVES |
| Barcelona’s naciân | ESPANA |
| Bk. read at Purim | ESTH |
| Buttonlike earring | STUD |
| Chewing the scenery | EMOTING |
| Chicago-to-Toronto dir | ENE |
| Clever remark | MOT |
| Confirms, as a password | REENTERS |
| Cr�me de la cr�me | ALIST |
| Crypts | TOMBS |
| Fan out | SPLAY |
| Filled dessert | CHOCOLATEECLAIRS |
| Flavor enhancer, for short | MSG |
| Floor model | DEMO |
| Foes that seem impossible to beat | NEMESES |
| Galâ¡pagos Islands researcher | DARWIN |
| Gave up | CEDED |
| Genuflect | KNEEL |
| Hanauma Bay’s island | OAHU |
| Healthy starter | GARDENGREENS |
| High hybrid stat | MPG |
| Hints | CLUES |
| Home of many L.A. Times readers | SOCAL |
| Honolulu-born jet pilot who became a pop singer | DONHO |
| Isl. with four provinces | IRE |
| Islands northeast of Cuba | BAHAMAS |
| Julia of “The Addams Family” | RAUL |
| Leading in a tight game | UPONE |
| Meaty entrée | TBONESTEAK |
| Mega- squared | TERA |
| Melissa Benoist’s role on “Supergirl” | KARA |
| Muscle twitch | SPASM |
| Paul Anka’s “__ Beso” | ESO |
| Periodic Pacific current | ELNINO |
| Photo __ | OPS |
| Place for a “snake bite” piercing | LIP |
| Pool or polo | GAME |
| Praised | LAUDED |
| Prez on a fiver | ABE |
| Private school | ACADEMY |
| Red-wrapped cheeses | EDAMS |
| Rivera who holds the MLB record for career saves | MARIANO |
| Rubberneck | GAWK |
| See 36-Down | PIN |
| Sequence of dishes such as 18-, 25-, 38-, and 55-Across, in more ways than one | HOMEMADEMEAL |
| Slight advantage | LEGUP |
| Spam holder | CAN |
| Squeaky ball, e.g | DOGTOY |
| Stalagmite creator | DRIP |
| Starless? | UNRATED |
| Tank top kin, briefly | CAMI |
| Thurman of “The War With Grandpa” | UMA |
| Tractor-trailer | RIG |
| Traveling band | CARAVAN |
| Vocation | TRADE |
| Welcome warmly | SMILEAT |
| Whiz | ACE |
| Whole lot | SCAD |
| With 10-Down, politician’s flag, often | LAPEL |
| Word processor feature | EDITMENU |
| Writer Bombeck | ERMA |
| Zodiac animal with horns | RAM |
| __ mortals | MERE |