| Clues | Answers |
| “Didn’t I tell you?” | SEE |
| “I did it!” | YAYME |
| “I totally agree!” | OHYES |
| “My treat” | ILLPAY |
| “Rumor ___ it…” | HAS |
| “Stand” band | REM |
| “The Godfather” organization | MAFIA |
| *Beetle larva used in some science projects | MEALWORM |
| *Best Western alternative | DAYSINN |
| *Nonverbal alternative to “How embarrassing!” | FACEPALM |
| *Table protector under a plate | PLACEMAT |
| A mic might plug into one | AMP |
| Banish | EXILE |
| Career campaigner, for short | POL |
| Coils around | TWINES |
| Decide one’s had enough time outdoors | HEADIN |
| Degrade | CHEAPEN |
| Do what a surgeon does | OPERATE |
| Final | LAST |
| Frank who recorded a 1954 version of 63-Across | SINATRA |
| Frigid forecast | TEENS |
| Gather | AMASS |
| Gemma of “Crazy Rich Asians” | CHAN |
| Gin-flavoring fruit | SLOE |
| Gives up, as control | CEDES |
| Goree who played Cassius Clay in “One Night in Miami…” | ELI |
| Great delight | GLEE |
| Have high hopes | ASPIRE |
| Hydrochloric, e.g | ACID |
| Immensely impressed | AWED |
| Infamous Roman emperor | NERO |
| It’s between Can. and Mex | USA |
| Justice Kagan | ELENA |
| Language akin to Indonesian | MALAY |
| Lovelace who programmed an early computer | ADA |
| Luster | SHEEN |
| Madonna’s “La ___ Bonita” | ISLA |
| Make amends | ATONE |
| Misleading maneuver | RUSE |
| Muscle twitch | SPASM |
| NASA or NATO, e.g | ACRONYM |
| On the stock exchange | LISTED |
| Pencil ends | ERASERS |
| Persuade with pressure | COERCE |
| Peru’s capital | LIMA |
| Plateau’s kin | MESA |
| Plentiful | AMPLE |
| Pop | DAD |
| Pro Football Hall of Famer Long | HOWIE |
| Put in a solid effort | TRYHARD |
| Reef materials | CORALS |
| Sea, in Saint Barthélemy | MER |
| Season 1 summary, e.g | RECAP |
| Smart | BRAINY |
| Soccer star Rapinoe | MEGAN |
| Some UFOs and Frisbees | SAUCERS |
| Song sung by Judy Garland in “Summer Stock,” and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do | GETHAPPY |
| South African currency | RAND |
| Stop the flow of | DAMUP |
| Stops | CEASES |
| Tax form ID | SSN |
| Tests | EXAMS |
| Title-transferring meeting | CLOSING |
| Tree with serrated leaves | ELM |
| Trees with heart-shaped leaves | LINDENS |
| TV journalist Curry | ANN |
| Under-blouse undergarment | BRA |
| Unspoken agreements | NODS |
| Use, as a coupon | REDEEM |
| Very, in slang | HELLA |
| Vicinity | AREA |
| Vocal ability, informally | PIPES |
| Wastes time | DALLIES |
| Widescreen movie format | IMAX |
| Witty Coward | NOEL |
| Wood-chopping tool | AXE |