| Clues | Answers |
| ‘. . . you get the idea’ (Abbr.) | ETC |
| ‘Closer’ duo ___ and Sara | TEGAN |
| ‘In addition . . .’ | AND |
| ‘lucky wreck’ poet Limon | ADA |
| ‘Mediocre’ author Ijeoma | OLUO |
| ‘Sad to say . . .’ | ALAS |
| ‘Strange Planet’ creature | ALIEN |
| 0 | NIL |
| Amber Ruffin’s Nebraska hometown | OMAHA |
| Astronomer and 2020 Nobel Prize winner Andrea | GHEZ |
| Award for a top athlete | MVP |
| Balloon animal filler | AIR |
| Bit of progress, metaphorically | DENT |
| Buy-one-get-one event | SALE |
| Chat with thumbs | TEXT |
| City with an annual Peach Drop (Abbr.) | ATL |
| Color wheel choice | HUE |
| Discuss again at a later time | CIRCLEBACK |
| Djembe or conga, e.g | DRUM |
| Doesn’t feel so hot | AILS |
| Doesn’t float | SINKS |
| Dorothy, to Auntie Em | NIECE |
| Draw out | ELICIT |
| Fairy tale monster | OGRE |
| Furious | IRATE |
| Genre with roots in the Chicago club scene | HOUSEMUSIC |
| Gets married | SAYSIDO |
| Gives guidance | ADVISES |
| Glasgow native | SCOT |
| Glasses, for short | SPECS |
| Gloria Gaynor’s genre | DISCO |
| Go up | RISE |
| Hosts with microphones | EMCEES |
| Is overcome with fear | PANICS |
| Lake near Cleveland | ERIE |
| Like potatoes in aloo bharta | MASHED |
| Lock of hair | TRESS |
| Long, involved story | SAGA |
| Main courses | ENTREES |
| Moral wrongdoing | SIN |
| Org. where Katherine Johnson worked | NASA |
| Pancake condiment | MAPLESYRUP |
| Paper towel layer | PLY |
| Period right before a deadline | TIMECRUNCH |
| Person who refuses lots of different foods | FUSSYEATER |
| Pro vote | YEA |
| Require | NEED |
| Restaurant handout | MENU |
| River through Uganda | NILE |
| Road goop | TAR |
| Round numbers | ZEROES |
| Secondhand | USED |
| Shed tears | CRY |
| Shoulder muscle, for short | DELT |
| Small recipe amt | TSP |
| Soft drinks | SODAS |
| Some carpools | RIDESHARES |
| Special FX tech | CGI |
| Spiritual teacher | GURU |
| St. ___, Missouri | LOUIS |
| Stir-fry dish often served with pancakes | MOOSHU |
| Tampa Bay NFLers | BUCS |
| The G in SAG | GUILD |
| Tippy-top | APEX |
| Trial | TEST |
| Trim wool from | SHEAR |
| Two months after Dec | FEB |
| Two months before Dec | OCT |
| Undershirt option | TEE |
| Unfilled space | GAP |
| University website ending | EDU |
| Video segment | CLIP |
| Wabash River’s state | INDIANA |
| Wipe away | ERASE |
| Woodwind instrument that’s 75% vowels | OBOE |
| ___ cable (audio connection) | AUX |
| ___ positive | SEX |
| ___-up (exercise that works lats) | CHIN |