| Clues | Answers |
| ___ bear | KOALA |
| ___ Quimby, Beverly Cleary heroine | RAMONA |
| ___-fi | SCI |
| 1980 boxing film for which De Niro won Best Actor | RAGINGBULL |
| Auction action | BID |
| Banjo spot, in song | KNEE |
| Bit of unfinished business | LOOSEEND |
| Blues legend with a guitar named Lucille | BBKING |
| Brothers Grimm villain | OGRE |
| Bygone Mach 1 breaker, in brief | SST |
| Cardinals’ home, in stats | ARI |
| Cherry or walnut | WOOD |
| Chinese poultry dish marinated in wine | DRUNKENCHICKEN |
| Cold War jet | MIG |
| College city in upstate New York | UTICA |
| Communication method in much of the 2021 film “CODA,” for short | ASL |
| Connecticut Ivy Leaguer | ELI |
| Copy | APE |
| Couldn’t agree more! | AMEN |
| Cover, as tasks | SEETO |
| Criticize harshly | BLAST |
| Cursory appraisal | ONCEOVER |
| Discharges | EGESTS |
| Dress (up), quaintly | TOG |
| Drops the ball big-time | BLOWSIT |
| Early quinoa cultivator | INCAN |
| Eric ___, 1980 Olympic speed skating gold medalist | HEIDEN |
| Flat refusals | NOS |
| Formal “you,” in Spanish | USTED |
| Former L.A. Laker Odom | LAMAR |
| Fourth word in the “Star Wars” prologue | AGO |
| Fresh take on a classic, perhaps | REMAKE |
| Genre of Death Cab for Cutie | EMO |
| Get really serious really quickly | ESCALATE |
| Gun | REV |
| Hard to swallow, in a way | INEDIBLE |
| Hoffman who played Captain Hook | DUSTIN |
| Home to about 60% of the world’s population | ASIA |
| Illusionist’s skill | WILE |
| Island like Kiritimati | ATOLL |
| Jazz piano style played by Fats Waller and Mary Lou Williams | STRIDE |
| Jim Beam competitor | WILDTURKEY |
| Legislative bodies | SENATES |
| Like chewable calcium, often | CHALKY |
| Marx’s “___ Kapital” | DAS |
| Name, as a price | ASK |
| One with a whistle … who sometimes 1-Across? | REF |
| Part of a casual layered look | TSHIRT |
| Passport fig. | IDNO |
| PC key | ALT |
| Pita pocket cuts, e.g. | SLITS |
| Pitching statistic? | NETSALES |
| Pizzeria chain | SBARRO |
| Place for a concert or lecture | HALL |
| Practically forever | AEONS |
| Recliner feature | LEGREST |
| Remark from one having cold feet, perhaps | BRR |
| Residents of ancient Minos | CRETANS |
| Right in the kisser! | POW |
| Rode the bench | SAT |
| Rouse | WAKEN |
| Shake a leg, in Shakespeare | HIE |
| Siri’s platform | IOS |
| Slim Shady, by another name | EMINEM |
| Soccer superstar Cristiano | RONALDO |
| Some old-timers | FOGEYS |
| Sound of spring? | BOING |
| Sporty car roof option | TTOP |
| Streaming sites? | CREEKS |
| Stretched to get a better look, say | CRANED |
| They’re always ready for a good time … or a description of 18-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across? | PARTYANIMALS |
| Thinks the world of | ESTEEMS |
| Torments | HARASSES |
| Tot’s mount | ROCKINGHORSE |
| Tree creature of Middle-earth | ENT |
| Willy Wonka prop | CANE |
| Windy City rail system, in brief | CTA |