| Clues | Answers |
| “Hakuna Matata” lifestyle | EASE |
| “I’ma Be Me” stand-up comic Wanda | SYKES |
| “It’s safe to sit next to me” | IDONTBITE |
| “Naturalis Historia” author | PLINY |
| “No more discussion” | CASECLOSED |
| “Obviously!” | NODUH |
| ’60s-’70s singer born Ellen Cohen | MAMACASS |
| 1990s game console release, initially | SNES |
| 2000s political slogan | YESWECAN |
| Abu Dhabi bigwig | EMIR |
| Annual observance celebrating commitment to the planet | EARTHHOUR |
| Behind | INARREARS |
| Buddhist priest | LAMA |
| Card game played by Phileas Fogg | WHIST |
| Catcall? | HEREKITTYKITTY |
| Certain something | AURA |
| Chaparral plant | SHRUB |
| Circumstances, idiomatically | BOAT |
| Crete’s highest elev | MTIDA |
| Darwin’s __ Beagle | HMS |
| Didn’t play | SATOUT |
| DNA units | STRANDS |
| European hub | ORLY |
| Graph point’s x-coordinate | ABSCISSA |
| Half a classic cowboy nickname | KEMO |
| Half a piano duo? | HAND |
| Highland language | ERSE |
| Hilarious | ARIOT |
| Honey, in slang | BAE |
| Importunate solicitor | TOUT |
| Industrious type | BUSYBEE |
| Initial payments | ANTES |
| Iowa Department of Transportation city | AMES |
| Irritations found in clouds | GNATS |
| It can be pumped | IRON |
| It often looks like gibberish | PASSWORD |
| Iwo Jima flag-raiser Hayes | IRA |
| Kodos’ alien cohort on “The Simpsons” | KANG |
| Like turnpike ramps | ONEWAY |
| Longfellow’s “The Bell of __” | ATRI |
| Look for | SEEK |
| Low joint | KNEE |
| Martin or Miller | STEVE |
| Mitt Romney’s alma mater: Abbr | BYU |
| Modern folklore | URBANMYTHS |
| Nonkosher sandwich, usually | BLT |
| Nut | WEIRDO |
| Old Dodges | OMNIS |
| Ones in it for the long haul | SEMIS |
| Onetime accessory for Britney Spears and Keri Russell | MOUSEEARS |
| Poker for knights? | LANCE |
| Prepared for pie, in a way | CORED |
| Prolonged list, as of complaints | LITANY |
| Put away | SAVE |
| Rapper will.__ | IAM |
| Retro filter choice | SEPIA |
| Ritual heap | PYRE |
| Rural stopovers | INNS |
| Shaking event | DEAL |
| Soap-drop indicator | PLOP |
| Spin-off with a bluesy theme song by John Lee Hooker | NCISNEWORLEANS |
| Stargazing subject? | IDOL |
| Strong feeling | THROE |
| Techie stereotype | NERD |
| The “A” in the Tokyo studio AIC | ANIME |
| Top of the order? | ABBESS |
| Top squad | ATEAM |
| Trunk extension | LIMB |
| Turtle’s mouth | BEAK |
| Vital vessels | AORTAE |
| Wisconsin college | RIPON |
| __ tem | PRO |
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