| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Blast!’ | DRAT |
| ‘Hill Street Blues’ actress Veronica whose last name rhymes with a llama cousin | HAMEL |
| ‘Okay, I ___ it’ | ADMIT |
| ‘Right this minute’ | ASAP |
| ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ co-director Stanley | DONEN |
| ‘Take On Me’ band | AHA |
| ‘That’s nauseating!’ | ICK |
| ‘The Karate Kid’ actress Elisabeth | SHUE |
| ‘The Sopranos’ capo | PAULIE |
| ‘To wrap up …’ | INSUM |
| ‘Won’t somebody ___ of the children?’ | THINK |
| A ways away | FAR |
| Actress Burnett, after taking a spill? | FALLENCAROL |
| Alias introducer | AKA |
| Among | AMID |
| Area area? | MATH |
| Baptism participant | GODPARENT |
| Be real | EXIST |
| Belt holders | CHAMPS |
| Big pieces of marble | SLABS |
| Birthplace of King Harald V’s son, Haakon | OSLO |
| Black-eyed bit, maybe | PEA |
| Blunt command for a cartoon explorer to gain information? | DORALEARN |
| Bygone depilatory brand, or an adolescent in reverse | NEET |
| Cabal’s creation | PLOT |
| Car roof fixture, at times | ANTENNA |
| Celebratory, as an event | JOYOUS |
| Cheerios grain | OAT |
| Chemist’s container | VIAL |
| Child welfare org.? | PTA |
| Classify | ASSORT |
| Common first word | MAMA |
| Cook’s specialty, briefly? | TECH |
| Count (on) | RELY |
| Creamy cheese on the lam? | LOOSEBRIE |
| Cry in a courtroom | ORDER |
| Didn’t exit | STAYED |
| Disavows | DENIES |
| Distinctive time | ERA |
| Do part of a triathlon | RUN |
| Draped dresses | SARIS |
| Drink with a Flashin’ Fruit Punch variety | HIC |
| Easy as ___ | ABC |
| Ehrenreich starring as Han Solo in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ | ALDEN |
| Enriches, as with fat | LARDS |
| European ___ (snakes) | ASPS |
| Fancy events | GALAS |
| Fishy-sounding road | PIKE |
| Former name of retired NBA star Metta World Peace | RONARTEST |
| Frozen Italian dessert | TORTONI |
| Garfield who played Spider-Man | ANDREW |
| Getting ready to drive | TEEINGUP |
| Gives notes to someone, say | SPENDS |
| Golf rental for angels? | HEAVENCART |
| Grinding object | PESTLE |
| Grocery shopping, e.g | ERRAND |
| Haagen-Dazs products | SORBETS |
| Having good sense | JUDICIOUS |
| Heads of state, e.g | VIPS |
| Hirsute, as a member of an old Total Fitness club would be? | BALLYHAIRY |
| Indecent mandible site? | LEWDJAW |
| Inserts | ADDS |
| Insignificant | MERE |
| Investor’s purchases | SHARES |
| Invitation initialism | RSVP |
| It has at least six games | SET |
| Japanese soup base | MISO |
| Jimmy Eat World genre | EMO |
| Joins, as a team of oxen | YOKES |
| Ladies first? | ELL |
| Late Fox News host Alan, when he was in a Hispaniolan nation? | HAITICOLMES |
| Legislative pros | YEAS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like an undesirable trinity | UNHOLY |
| Like some secrets, oxymoronically | OPEN |
| Like Vassar, since 1969 | COED |
| Like yaks | HORNED |
| Little bit of food | MORSEL |
| Lock spot | GATE |
| Many a character on ‘The Office’ | SALESMAN |
| Metal in a junkyard | SCRAPIRON |
| Microscope rectangle | SLIDE |
| Mined Indonesian export | TINORE |
| Music ___ | BOX |
| Narrow strip | SLAT |
| Pale friend of Tarzan? | WANJANE |
| Part of an honored British woman’s inheritance? | DAMESGENE |
| Part of the way up | STAIR |
| Path left by a burrowing rodent? | GOPHERTRACE |
| Piece of music? | LYRIC |
| Pinocchio’s habit | LYING |
| Powerful suit, briefly | EXEC |
| Prepare, as soft food | PUREE |
| Promo on the screen | TVAD |
| Put into action | USE |
| Rarely opposite | OFTEN |
| Red letter indication | HOT |
| Red stopper, at times | CORK |
| Repetitive song refrain | LALA |
| Request from the pulpit | PRAYER |
| Residence, in slang | PAD |
| Rock collection | MOSS |
| Rome-born physicist | FERMI |
| Say that the answer to this clue is WRONG, say | ERR |
| Sch. whose basketball team became the first No. 1 seed to be defeated by a No. 16 seed in the men’s NCAA tournament | UVA |
| Sch. with a basketball team coached by Geno Auriemma | UCONN |
| Scientific journal diagrams | GRAPHS |
| See if you can | TRYTO |
| Self-indulgent display | EGOTRIP |
| Selfie features, maybe | SMILES |
| Shape-shifter of interest to scientists | AMOEBA |
| Shelled ectotherm | TURTLE |
| Show preference | LEAN |
| Silken traps | WEBS |
| Site of many IVs | ICU |
| Skirt type | MAXI |
| Small amount | DAB |
| Some, but not many | AFEW |
| Something made while tossing a coin, perhaps | WISH |
| Source of linseed oil | FLAX |
| Spin-class nickname for actress Kate or Rooney? | CYCLEMARA |
| Squat, so to speak | NONE |
| Steak holder | PLATE |
| Stuff in a safe, maybe | GOLD |
| Synonym of 1 Down | ICES |
| Takes out, a la a hit man | OFFS |
| Taunts | RAGSON |
| Tehran language | FARSI |
| Tesla who claimed to have invented an ‘earthquake machine’ | NIKOLA |
| The Little Prince’s prized flower and others | ROSES |
| Theatrical digression | ASIDE |
| Throw a fit | GOAPE |
| Took strides | STEPPED |
| Tuna sandwich choice | RYE |
| Tuner in a pit | OBOE |
| U.S. Olympic swim trial host city in 2008, 2012 and 2016 | OMAHA |
| Vexes | ANNOYS |
| Where to see a human Wolf | CNN |
| White stuff seen on the ground during a cold day | SALT |
| Wing measurement | SPAN |
| Winged predators | HAWKS |
| Winner’s remark, maybe | YOULOSE |
| Yellow spring bloomers | OXLIPS |
| [Original author’s typo] | SIC |
| ___ fatale | FEMME |
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