| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Cosmos’ host Carl | SAGAN |
| La Cage __ Folles’ | AUX |
| ‘Little Men’ actor Jack | OAKIE |
| Make __ what you will’ | OFIT |
| ‘Scarface’ inspirer | ALCAPONE |
| ‘Send help!’ | SOS |
| ‘Skip ahead’ abbr. on a music player | FWD |
| ‘Steve Jobs’ star Rogen | SETH |
| 12-time papal name | PIUS |
| A/C opening | VENT |
| Addis __, Ethiopia | ABABA |
| Adds lube to | OILS |
| Affixing, as gift wrap | TAPING |
| Audition not closed to anyone | OPENCALL |
| Back rub response | AAH |
| Ball caller | UMP |
| Beef cut that brings misfortune? | STEAKOFBADLUCK |
| Beer holder | CAN |
| Berated | CHEWEDOUT |
| Biblical beast | ASS |
| Billy of ‘The Phantom’ | ZANE |
| Boxing stats | KOS |
| Brain product | IDEA |
| Buddha statue, e.g | IDOL |
| Cabaret singer Édith | PIAF |
| Chapel vow | IDO |
| CIO partner | AFL |
| Closet rackful | TIES |
| Confidence | APLOMB |
| Convent residents | NUNS |
| Country west of Colombia | PANAMA |
| D sharp sound-alike | EFLAT |
| Dead-on | EXACT |
| Dele undoer | STET |
| Deluge’s waters subsiding? | FLOODWANING |
| Detroit-to-Miami dir | SSE |
| Discoloration on the biceps or triceps? | MUSCLESTAIN |
| Diver’s goal | TEN |
| Dove noise | COO |
| Dryer debris | LINT |
| Earth personified as a goddess | GAIA |
| Elated | GLAD |
| Eyelid affliction | STYE |
| Fashion designer Anna | SUI |
| FDR’s Scottie | FALA |
| Fed. food safety org | USDA |
| Feed on | EAT |
| Feel poorly | AIL |
| Fez, for one | CAP |
| Fine distinction | SUBTLETY |
| Floats in the air | WAFTS |
| Flows back | EBBS |
| Former British prime minister Clement | ATTLEE |
| French artist Edouard | MANET |
| Gabor who lived to be 99 | ZSAZSA |
| Gave a ring | DIALED |
| Go by boat | SAIL |
| Golf ball brand | TITLEIST |
| Gradually stop nursing | WEAN |
| Hand out cards to | DEALIN |
| Hobbyists’ buys | KITS |
| Hoo-has | ADOS |
| Hotfooted it | SPED |
| In the function of | QUA |
| India’s largest city | MUMBAI |
| Ionizable gas | NEON |
| IRS worker | CPA |
| Is beaming | SMILES |
| It may zoom | LENS |
| Italian public square | PIAZZA |
| Its cap. is Vienna | AUS |
| Jacuzzis and whirlpools | SPATUBS |
| Journal | LOG |
| Jumped ship | BAILED |
| Kitty cat, e.g | PET |
| Last section | ENDING |
| Leek relative | ONION |
| Letters with curves | ESSES |
| Like the letter R in this puzzle’s entire solution | ABSENT |
| Lodgings for wayfarers | INNS |
| Loin cut | TBONE |
| London botanic gardens site | KEW |
| Lyric verse | ODE |
| Made embarrassed | ABASHED |
| Make slanted | SKEW |
| Malted quaff | ALE |
| Many a charger for an e-device | USBCABLE |
| Marionette doing some undercover police work? | PUPPETONASTING |
| Marked with bands | ZONATE |
| Meshwork | NETTING |
| MGM Grand, e.g | CASINO |
| Middle grade | CEE |
| Mimics | APES |
| Nissan, once | DATSUN |
| Not passive | ACTIVE |
| Novelist Honoré de __ | BALZAC |
| NYC hrs | EST |
| Object of fear | BUGABOO |
| Of no value | NULL |
| Of Peruvian peaks | ANDEAN |
| One of the Little Rascals goes on a rant? | ALFALFASPOUTS |
| Paper unit | PAGE |
| Peaceful | CALM |
| Pickle option | DILL |
| Pre-Easter | LENTEN |
| Puts in a role | CASTS |
| Razor cut | SLIT |
| Really tidy type | NEATNIK |
| Really tired | BEAT |
| Rebel Turner | NAT |
| Record one’s arrival | SIGNIN |
| Relatively small oinker, for short | MINIPIG |
| Result of education | KNOWLEDGE |
| Rigs out | EQUIPS |
| Roe, e.g | EGGS |
| Schnozz or Motor ender | OLA |
| Scrabble 10-pointer | ZEE |
| Shoddy car | JALOPY |
| Simply being declared? | JUSTGETTINGSTATED |
| Some hotels and old cars | OMNIS |
| Spanish island known for its nightlife | IBIZA |
| Spill catchers | NAPKINS |
| Staff symbol | NOTE |
| Struck lightly | TAPPED |
| Successfully mimics | PASSESAS |
| Sugar in milk | LACTOSE |
| Tending to the situation | ONIT |
| Tennis great Nastase | ILIE |
| Tokyo-based truck maker | ISUZU |
| Trait carrier | GENE |
| Triage pro | EMT |
| TV camera movement | PAN |
| U-Haul unit | VAN |
| Uptight | EDGY |
| Use a beam on in surgery | LASE |
| Vast period | EON |
| Veil fabric | TULLE |
| Wee bits | TADS |
| When to call it a night | BEDTIME |
| Whole bunch | LOT |
| Yearns (for) | LONGS |
| YouTube upload on how to cook clams and rice? | STEAMINGVIDEO |
| __ -confidence | SELF |
| __ Dhabi | ABU |
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