| Clues | Answers |
| ‘American Idol’ winner DeWyze | LEE |
| ‘So Big’ author Ferber | EDNA |
| ‘Swan Lake’ wear | BALLETSKIRT |
| Activist Brockovich | ERIN |
| Apt to vote ‘nay’ | ANTI |
| Bake-off need | OVEN |
| Bishop of the Rat Pack | JOEY |
| Bobby Fischer’s game | CHESS |
| Bro or sis | SIB |
| Casino table fabric | FELT |
| Chum, to a Brit | MATEY |
| Common billing period | MONTH |
| Couldn’t help but | HADTO |
| Decided on | CHOSE |
| Deli salad option | EGG |
| Derisive sound | HISS |
| Did the Australian crawl, e.g | SWAM |
| Diplomatic finesse | TACT |
| Editor’s ‘leave it’ | STET |
| Editor’s insertion mark | CARET |
| Eggs on sushi rolls | ROE |
| Emphasized, like some type | BOLD |
| Flower whose name means ‘star’ | ASTER |
| Giants great Willie | MAYS |
| Gulf of ___ (modern pirates’ realm) | ADEN |
| Hacker’s triumphant cry | IMIN |
| Hard smash on the diamond | LINER |
| Hathaway of ‘Ocean’s 8’ | ANNE |
| Have one’s heart set on | COVET |
| Hawaiian coffee region | KONA |
| Home to Alley Oop | CAVE |
| Honshu port | OSAKA |
| Hook’s underling | SMEE |
| Hot dog on the slopes | STUNTSKIER |
| In need of a rubdown | SORE |
| In the loop | AWARE |
| Kebab holder | MEATSKEWER |
| Key related to B min | DMAJ |
| Like ancient Peruvians | INCAN |
| Like crab apples | TART |
| Little nipper | TYKE |
| Made to prevent slipping | NONSKID |
| Make eligible | ENTITLE |
| Many a Trump message | TWEET |
| Marco Polo journeyed there | ASIA |
| Mortarboard tosser, briefly | GRAD |
| Mr. Peanut prop | CANE |
| Muslim ascetic | FAKIR |
| Name on a pet tag | OWNER |
| NASA ‘walk’ | EVA |
| On the road | AWAY |
| Pea-soupers | FOGS |
| Poe’s ‘ebony bird’ | RAVEN |
| Punsters and quipsters | WAGS |
| Rollerblader’s footwear item | STREETSKATE |
| Scarfed down | ATE |
| Shade similar to ecru | TAN |
| Shipwreck explorer’s need | SCUBATANK |
| Showed courage | DARED |
| Silly goose | NINNY |
| Simmons of KISS | GENE |
| Sold in the bleachers, say | HAWKED |
| Sonata finale, often | CODA |
| Spill the beans | TATTLE |
| Spilled the beans | TALKED |
| Strong suits | FORTES |
| Suffix with soft or spy | WARE |
| Surveyor’s calculation | AREA |
| The first Mrs. Trump | IVANA |
| Tiny, as a bairn | WEE |
| To whom ‘my heart belongs,’ in song | DADDY |
| Touch the tarmac | LAND |
| Ultimately prevailed in battle | WONTHEWAR |
| Unit of 19-Across | ACRE |
| Visibly upset | TEARY |
| Was in charge of | RAN |
| Waste maker, it’s said | HASTE |
| ___-friendly (green) | ECO |
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