| 'It's now or never' |
LASTCHANCE |
| 'Let's get real here ...' |
COMENOW |
| 'The ponytail's hipster cousin,' per GQ |
MANBUN |
| 86 or 99 |
AGENT |
| 88 or 98 |
OLDS |
| Abundance |
SLEW |
| Agenda-topping issue |
MAINITEM |
| Article of attire with strings |
BONNET |
| Bratty girl on 'Little House on the Prairie' |
NELLIE |
| Class clown's comeuppance |
DETENTION |
| Classic arcade game with a glass backboard that shatters |
NBAJAM |
| Commander during John Brown's capture in 1859 |
LEE |
| Competitor of Cartier |
OMEGA |
| Converge |
MEET |
| Convictions |
TENETS |
| Crafty sort |
SNEAK |
| Dogged it |
IDLED |
| Eponym of USA Track & Field's highest award |
OWENS |
| Flings |
SPREES |
| French filmdom |
CINE |
| Get sidetracked |
DEVIATE |
| Half spoken, half sung |
INTONED |
| Having hit successfully, say |
ONBASE |
| Heavy rain |
BARRAGE |
| It may be poached |
PEAR |
| It shares a key with a caret |
SIX |
| Its honorees plan to become one |
ENGAGEMENTPARTY |
| Large W.W. II area: Abbr |
ETO |
| Marking for a very soft passage |
PPP |
| Means of travel for a V.I.P |
LEARJET |
| Messages with emojis |
TEXTS |
| Momentarily |
ANYSECOND |
| Moorish castle |
ALCAZAR |
| Mothered or fathered |
REARED |
| Nailing a performance |
CRUSHINGIT |
