| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Imperial gem’ mined as early as 6000 B.C. | JADE |
| ‘My Friend ___’ (classic of children’s literature) | FLICKA |
| ‘Popular Fallacies’ writer, 1826 | ELIA |
| ‘You didn’t ask, but …’ to a texter | IMO |
| ‘___ one teach one’ (rhyming proverb) | EACH |
| 60-Across output or 18-Across synonym | ESSAYS |
| Actor Cooper | BOORADLEY |
| Adam’s apple locale | EDEN |
| Ancient dweller of Central Asia and Eastern Europe | HUN |
| Author of ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter,’ 2001 | AMYTAN |
| Biting remarks? | OWS |
| Bounds | LIMITS |
| Call the shots | DICTATE |
| Captain Marvel, for one | ALIAS |
| Carnivorous : meat :: carpophagous : ___ | FRUIT |
| Comedian Margaret | CHO |
| Comic actress Kristen | WIIG |
| Controvert | DENY |
| Corresponded with, in a way | EMAILED |
| Duck color | TEAL |
| Early chewing gum ingredient | CHICLE |
| Echo speaker | ALEXA |
| Fake coin | SLUG |
| Feminine name that anagrams to another feminine name | CELIA |
| Force-ful character | JEDI |
| Grist for the rumor mill | HEARSAY |
| His first initial stands for ‘Ieoh’ | IMPEI |
| In a position to sue, say | HARMED |
| Is behind | TRAILS |
| Islamic scholar | IMAM |
| It may be applied to a single digit | NAILFILE |
| It may get worn out | ATTIRE |
| Leave alone | LETBE |
| Letter resembling Indiana University’s logo | PSI |
| Like burning plastic | ACRID |
| Like Canada’s maple leaf | SYMBOLIC |
| Make some cuts, perhaps | EDIT |
| Mars rovers, in brief? | ETS |
| Mood setters for a romantic dinner | CANOODLES |
| More submissive | MEEKER |
| Movie-themed Happy Meal, e.g | TIEIN |
| Often-uttered lead-in to ‘That’s gotta hurt!’ | OHMAN |
| One of two in 2/22/22 | SLASH |
| Peons, metaphorically | COGS |
| Photosynthetic process ‘inflating’ 16-, 24-, 46- and 56-Across | OXYGENATION |
| Prez who founded the March of Dimes | FDR |
| Quarter-pound things at McDonald’s | PATOOTIES |
| Readers may flip over it | STAPLE |
| Repellent | VILE |
| Samples | TRIES |
| Sit after everyone else scooches over | SLIDEIN |
| Soccer star Maradona | DIEGO |
| Some hesitations | ERS |
| South Asian, informally | DESI |
| Sphere | REALM |
| Sprites, but not Pepsis | IMPS |
| Street food favorites topped with tzatziki | GYROS |
| Supplier of iron carrots in old cartoons | ACME |
| Tender feelings | ACHES |
| Texter’s ‘hold on a sec’ | BRB |
| The Ark of the Covenant, e.g | RELIC |
| There are 30 on an icosahedron | EDGES |
| Things ‘said’ in doctors’ offices | AHS |
| Took notice, in a way | SATUP |
| Torn and ragged clothing | TATTOOERS |
| Unravel | SOLVE |
| What may be traded for tat | TIT |
| Where Aquaman reigns as king | ATLANTIS |
| Wing it | ADLIB |
| World capital on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire | SANTIAGO |
| ___ moment | INA |
| ___-Ed (animated talks for kids) | TED |