| Clues | Answers |
| ”Aw __, it would be so wrong” (2013 country song lyric) | NAW |
| ”Bésame Mucho” theme | AMOR |
| ”Boo” | ALAS |
| ”Est” is a form of it | ETRE |
| ”It can’t overcook or undercook,” per ads | MINUTERICE |
| ”It couldn’t be helped” | IHADTO |
| ”Post-graffiti” street painter | GUERRILLAARTIST |
| A lot of old poems | OFT |
| Air-kiss sound effect | MOI |
| American family structure | COSANOSTRA |
| Apple’s headquarters, familiarly | TINO |
| Apt catwalk support | KITTENHEEL |
| Bi by bi by bi | OCTO |
| Bit of mockery | SNARK |
| Blood-chilling locales | LABFRIDGES |
| Boon | PLUS |
| Box __ | SET |
| Comfort zone | EASYSTREET |
| Dish (out) | DOLE |
| Edible pentagonal piece | OKRA |
| Effects | ENACTS |
| Engineer a tank | LOSE |
| Felt the strain of brinksmanship | TEETERED |
| Gets hotter | SEETHES |
| Gets out | FREES |
| Got ready to fiddle with, perhaps | ROSINED |
| IHOP posting | HRS |
| Ink-shooting Nintendo game | SPLATOON |
| It’s worn with a tie | ROBE |
| Language that gave us ”Avon” | WELSH |
| Line between pants | AMITOOLATE |
| Literally, ”Let it be done” | FIAT |
| Literary criticism of a sort | SATIRE |
| Mai tai garnish | PARASOL |
| Many Choctaw and Cherokee | OKLAHOMANS |
| Minister with a ”Malcolm X” cameo | ALSHARPTON |
| Norse Armageddon | RAGNAROK |
| Numbered work, often | LITHO |
| Offer a hand | DEAL |
| Paper from a bank | STATEMENTS |
| Piece of sterling | PENCE |
| Podcaster’s plea | RATE |
| Pork rind makeup | FATBACK |
| Predator in a food chain, often | APEX |
| Propensity | BENT |
| Push to start | SCARE |
| Rail hub | NEST |
| Refuges for backpackers | HUTS |
| Retro-remarkable | RAD |
| Safety-first TV reminder | PSA |
| Simple tie | ONEONE |
| Some kindergarten sessions | AMS |
| Some restoration efforts | TLC |
| Something registered with the International Court of Justice | TREATY |
| Soy protein, in some recipes | EXTENDER |
| State north of the border | ETAT |
| Tall character in ”Snow White” | ESS |
| The antithesis of finesse | BRUTEFORCE |
| The westernmost Old World mainlanders | SENEGALESE |
| Tired vehicles | REHASHES |
| Took sides, say | ATE |
| Transfer for CDs | REMASTER |
| Unfolding | AFOOT |
| Virtuosic | ACE |
| Wasn’t playing | SAT |
| What some wedding rings resemble | ROPES |
| Workplace with score keepers | OPERAHOUSE |
| __ Four (Monkees nickname) | PREFAB |
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