| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ”May I help you?” | YES |
| ”Republic” writer | PLATO |
| ”Sometimes you feel like __ . . .” | ANUT |
| ”Unfortunately, . . .” | ALAS |
| ”Waterloo” group | ABBA |
| ’50s Ford | EDSEL |
| 1300 hours | ONEPM |
| 24/7 news pioneer | CNN |
| Absent | AWAY |
| Add to | AUGMENT |
| Add, at a record studio | DUBIN |
| Allude to | GETAT |
| Almanac section | ATLAS |
| Amenity for green commuters | BIKESTAND |
| Arabian sultanate | OMAN |
| Athlete’s-foot treatment brand | DESENEX |
| Attire | GARB |
| Author Jong | ERICA |
| Automatic reaction | REFLEX |
| Back out a commitment | RENEGE |
| Be too persistent | NAG |
| Beast in 12 Down’s logo | STAG |
| Below par | ILL |
| Benefits | SAKES |
| Big name in elevators | OTIS |
| Break from a sitcom | TVAD |
| By __ (barely) | ANOSE |
| Candlelike | WAXY |
| Canine from China | PUGDOG |
| Carton sealer | TAPE |
| Cat-collar attachments | BELLS |
| Caterpillar competitor | DEERE |
| Central part | HEART |
| Certain security staffer | BANKGUARD |
| Chase off | SHOO |
| Check an addition | RETOTAL |
| Checkup, for instance | EXAM |
| Chopped down | AXED |
| City in Yemen | ADEN |
| City mentioned in ”That’s Amore” | NAPOLI |
| City north of Bonn | ESSEN |
| Confounded | ADDLED |
| Consist of | ARE |
| Created like pigtails | PLAITED |
| Crowd-scene actor | EXTRA |
| Deface | MAR |
| Didn’t look forward to | DREADED |
| Diminutive toymaker | ELF |
| Director Howard | RON |
| Distort, as data | SKEW |
| Divests | RIDS |
| Dollar sign shape | ESS |
| Doorstep covering | MAT |
| Early American fur tycoon | ASTOR |
| Family nickname | SIS |
| Family, so to speak | TRIBE |
| Famous folks | CELEBS |
| From the UK, say | FGN |
| Genesis 4 figure | ABEL |
| Get happy or angry | FLIP |
| GI’s offense | AWOL |
| Go up alone | FLYSOLO |
| GPS reading | ENE |
| Great, in retro reviews | BOFFO |
| Greatly removed | FAR |
| Half of the checkers | REDS |
| Hardwood tree | ASH |
| Harries | BESETS |
| Helped out | AIDED |
| High-minded | NOBLE |
| Historian __ Kearns Goodwin | DORIS |
| In a nonpermanent way | MUTABLY |
| In a prone position | LYING |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Inc. cousin | LLC |
| Infamy | SHAME |
| Ingot, for instance | BAR |
| Investment choice | BALANCEDFUND |
| It means ”trillion” | TERA |
| Lacking slack | TAUT |
| Less assured | DICIER |
| Libyan port city | TOBRUK |
| Line count in a sonnet | FOURTEEN |
| Linguistic suffix | ESE |
| Long sandwich | HERO |
| Mailed | SENT |
| Major Russian river | URAL |
| Mani-__ | PEDI |
| Many times, in verse | OFT |
| McGregor of movies | EWAN |
| Med. clinic workers | LPNS |
| Money in Malta | EURO |
| More inane | STUPIDER |
| Morning TV cohost | RIPA |
| Most squarish | BOXIEST |
| Nautical record | LOG |
| NFL scores | TDS |
| NHL extra periods | OTS |
| Oddly scary | EERIE |
| Office aide | GOFER |
| One living abroad | EXPAT |
| Operatic piece | ARIA |
| Opulent residence | ESTATE |
| OR activity: Abbr | SURG |
| Org. for code crackers | ACA |
| Pacific battleground of 1943 | TARAWA |
| Patrons of 115 Down | GUESTS |
| Petrol measure | LITRE |
| Places to stay | INNS |
| Prayed, in Paris | PRIE |
| Predecessor of Sadat | NASSER |
| Prefix for political | GEO |
| Prefix for present | OMNI |
| Prius or Tesla | ECOCAR |
| Put a stop to | ENDED |
| Road crew material | TAR |
| Roam around | WANDER |
| Ruminate (over) | PORE |
| Sad-eyed pooch | BASSETHOUND |
| Sharp break | SNAP |
| Sheepskin boot | UGG |
| Shoe with a blade | ICESKATE |
| Simple rhyme scheme | ABA |
| Something seen in a profile | EAR |
| Sorority hopeful | RUSHEE |
| Spread gossip | DISHED |
| Starter like contra- | ANTI |
| Step up from a spinet | BABYGRAND |
| Sweet loaf | BANANABREAD |
| Take a loss | EATIT |
| Take for granted | ASSUME |
| Take on or take in | ADOPT |
| Tall tale | YARN |
| Tax-shelter vehicle | IRA |
| The slightest sound | PEEP |
| Timber wolf | LOBO |
| Tire descriptor | TUBELESS |
| Triple-decker sandwich | CLUB |
| Tundra | BARRENGROUND |
| Urban wailer | SIREN |
| US Govt. security | TBOND |
| Valuable violin, for short | STRAD |
| Wedding cake figure | BRIDE |
| What eight long answers here do | COVERBAND |
| Wines and dines | WOOS |
| World Series setting | BASEBALLDIAMOND |
| __ toast (soup partner) | MELBA |
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