| Clues | Answers |
| “Copacabana” showgirl | LOLA |
| “La Cage __ Folles” | AUX |
| “Mental Illness” Grammy winner Mann | AIMEE |
| “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” novelist | KESEY |
| “So-so” | MEH |
| “Yikes!” | EEK |
| *Enter on the sly | SNEAKIN |
| *Gravlax | CUREDSALMON |
| *They’re for the dogs | LEASHLAWS |
| *Two-time women’s soccer Olympic gold medalist | ABBYWAMBACH |
| 2002-’03 viral outbreak, briefly | SARS |
| Actor Miller of “Justice League” | EZRA |
| Belarus capital | MINSK |
| Bleak | DISMAL |
| Buckles, as a seat belt | FASTENS |
| Bud | PAL |
| Buffalo hockey player | SABRE |
| By any means | SOMEWAY |
| Chaps | MEN |
| Din | NOISE |
| Droop | SAG |
| Dropping (off) | NODDING |
| Engagement ring centerpiece | STONE |
| Espresso foam | CREMA |
| Extended family | CLAN |
| Feel remorse for | RUE |
| Finals, say | EXAMS |
| Fine English china | SPODE |
| Followers of shots | CHASERS |
| French clerics | ABBES |
| French-speaking Western Hemisphere country | HAITI |
| Freshwater minnow | REDFIN |
| Frozen dessert chain | TCBY |
| Garage containers | GASCANS |
| Germ-killing brand | LYSOL |
| Great divide | CHASM |
| Hawaii’s Mauna __ | KEA |
| ID issuer | SSA |
| Indy racing family name | UNSER |
| It may be proper | NOUN |
| Jiffy Lube service, and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues | OILCHANGE |
| Kerry locale | EIRE |
| Key | MAIN |
| Lackluster | DRAB |
| Lancelot and Mix-a-Lot | SIRS |
| Laptop alternatives | TABLETS |
| Like some U.S. mail | CERT |
| Linguistic suffix | ESE |
| Long of “NCIS: Los Angeles” | NIA |
| Major artery | AORTA |
| Make rough | COARSEN |
| Moment of remorse | PANG |
| One thing on top of another | STACK |
| Open a bit | AJAR |
| Open, as toothpaste | UNCAP |
| ORD posting | ETA |
| Park in NYC, e.g | AVE |
| Phantom | SPECTER |
| Pince-__ glasses | NEZ |
| Plasm prefix | ECTO |
| Poll gathering | DATA |
| Portrayer of a big scaredy-cat | LAHR |
| Put the brakes on | HALT |
| Reacts to yeast | RISES |
| Resort town near Santa Barbara | OJAI |
| Saucony rival | AVIA |
| Short trip | HOP |
| Start of a decision-making rhyme | EENY |
| Start to mature? | PRE |
| Taj __ | MAHAL |
| They go for the gold | PANNERS |
| Together, so to speak | SANE |
| Triangle ratio | SINE |
| Verbal hesitations | HAWS |
| Watchdog’s warning | GRR |
| Word before and after “oh” | BOY |
| Yachting event, e.g | SEARACE |
| __ tick: disease carrier | LYME |
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