| Clues | Answers |
| ‘A Writer’s Life’ writer | TALESE |
| ‘Fire’ crawlers | ANTS |
| ‘Hungarian Rhapsodies’ composer | LISZT |
| ‘Take care!’ | BESAFE |
| A for a struggling student? | AMAZINGGRADE |
| Actress O’Hara | MAUREEN |
| Adrien of cosmetics | ARPEL |
| Afghans’ neighbors | TAJIKS |
| Aggravated, with ‘off’ | TEED |
| Allegro __: very fast, in scores | ASSAI |
| Allergic reaction | ACHOO |
| Alma mater of Clinton and Ford, briefly | YALELAW |
| Ancient temple complex | KARNAK |
| Animation letters | CGI |
| Archaeologist’s find | TOMB |
| Arrogance, in slang | TUDE |
| Authenticity on the street | CRED |
| Bellamy’s sister on ‘The 100’ | OCTAVIA |
| Bier chiller | EIS |
| Came up | AROSE |
| Camera initials | SLR |
| Cartoon explosion word | BLAM |
| Cause of a walk | BALLFOUR |
| Challenge from an ex-president? | OBAMADARE |
| Classic audiophile’s equipment, and a hint to eight long puzzle answers | CDCHANGER |
| Company with a quacking mascot | AFLAC |
| Country dance | REEL |
| Crete peak: Abbr | MTIDA |
| Fictional navigator Phileas | FOGG |
| German camera | LEICA |
| Good __: enjoyable books | READS |
| Grab the tab | TREAT |
| Grammatical separator | COMMA |
| Greeting from Kermit | HIHO |
| Grimm girl | GRETEL |
| House Speaker before Pelosi | HASTERT |
| How Albee’s ‘The Zoo Story’ is written | INONEACT |
| Humongous | VAST |
| In a trice | SOON |
| Inspected prior to a job | CASED |
| Kunta in ‘Roots’ | KINTE |
| Like a sudoku solution | LOGICAL |
| Like some statues at night | UPLIT |
| Many have pins at one end | ALLEYS |
| Marginal mark | DELE |
| Marina sights | VESSELS |
| Military sch | ACAD |
| Misleading move | FEINT |
| Most of Italy, to 14-Down residents | MAINLAND |
| Most recently made | NEWEST |
| Neat places to get beers? | DANDYBARS |
| Negotiation obstacles | EGOS |
| Nightmare? | SOURDREAM |
| Note recipient, at times | SELF |
| Opposing teams | FOES |
| Ought to | SHOULD |
| Palm tree berry | ACAI |
| Pi __, ‘Life of Pi’ hero | PATEL |
| Place for an updo | SALON |
| Police dept. rank | SGT |
| Position paper, e.g | ESSAY |
| Pound or stone | UNIT |
| Prefix with warrior | ECO |
| Range feature | OVEN |
| Rides the bench | SITS |
| See 12-Down | CAPRI |
| Senator Hatch | ORRIN |
| Silo in a rural valley? | DELLTOWER |
| Southern tavern accents? | PUBDRAWLS |
| Sporty Spice, familiarly | MELC |
| Surrounded | ENCLOSED |
| Terse Supreme Court decision for lions? | THEPRIDEISRIGHT |
| Texas’ __ Duro Canyon | PALO |
| Tied | EVEN |
| Trickster | SCAMP |
| Trilateral trade deal | NAFTA |
| Underworld figure | SATAN |
| Wall Street bear? | SHAREDROPPER |
| Warm and cozy | SNUGGLY |
| What a red handset icon may end | CALL |
| Where the iris is | UVEA |
| __ chin | CLEFT |
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