| Like luxurious pillows |
PLUSH |
| Like people in crowds, whether intentionally or not |
ELBOWED |
| Like some humor |
WRY |
| Like the protagonist at the start of '28 Days Later' |
INACOMA |
| Mafia : Sicilia :: Camorra : ___ |
NAPOLI |
| Mail, e.g |
ARMOR |
| Maker of Pilots and Passports |
HONDA |
| Male deer |
HART |
| Map inits. until 1991 |
USSR |
| Mario who founded a fashion empire |
PRADA |
| N.B.A. All-Star Gobert |
RUDY |
| Narcissist's treasure |
EGO |
| Narwhal's tusk |
TOOTH |
| Newsroom heads, for short |
EDS |
| One calling for a tow, maybe |
AAAMEMBER |
| One of the two main branches of Buddhism |
MAHAYANA |
| One way to recoil |
INHORROR |
| One with a marsupium, affectionately |
ROO |
| Opus ___ |
DEI |
| Org. funding Covid-19 research |
NIH |
| Otis who founded the Otis Elevator Company |
ELISHA |
| Output from Sappho |
ODES |
| Pen that aptly rhymes with 'click' |
BIC |
| Perceived |
FELT |
| Pest control brand |
DCON |
| Pet rescue org |
SPCA |
| Place with counselors |
CAMP |
| Play title that superstitious actors avoid saying aloud in theaters |
MACBETH |
| Pleasant speech cadence |
LILT |
| Pope of 1963-78 |
PAULVI |
| Preppy clothing brand |
JCREW |
| Quick kiss |
PECK |
| Rabble-rouse |
CAUSEASTIR |
| Really, really spicy |
ULTRAHOT |
| Roughly |
CIRCA |
| Rx from a doc, e.g |
MED |
| Sci-fi novel made into films in 1984 and 2021 |
DUNE |
| Singer Grande, to fans |
ARI |
| Skeptical reply to 'That's true' |
ISIT |
| Snowboards well, informally |
SHREDS |
| Soccer star Messi, familiarly |
LEO |
| Some military wear, informally |
CAMO |
| Something taken by a waiter |
ORDER |
| Sound on Old MacDonald's farm |
OINK |
| Staple of Dutch Golden Age art |
TULIP |
| Stephen who said 'Think books aren't scary? Well, think about this: You can't spell 'Book' without 'Boo!'' |
COLBERT |
| Strand, perhaps |
SNOWIN |
| Stretch longer than an 11-Across |
EON |
| Structure resembling a pergola |
ARBOR |
| Sung by a group |
CHORAL |
| Surreptitious assents |
SLYNODS |
| Sushi condiment |
WASABI |
| Team ___ |
USA |
| Temple text |
TALMUD |
| Threat from a squealer |
ILLTELL |
| Tick off |
MAKEMAD |
| Upscale hotel room fixture |
MINIBAR |
| Visual depiction of the apparatus used by the starred professionals |
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH |
| Welcomes, as the new year |
RINGSIN |
| Worker who probably isn't paid enough |
PEON |
| Writer known for his anthropomorphic animal characters |
AESOP |
| [I'm frustrated!] |
GAH |
| ___ Jima |
IWO |
| ___-by-the-Sea, Calif |
CARMEL |
| – |
HSWEEP |
| – |
HREPAIRMAN |
| – |
HPAINTER |
| – |
HCOMMANDER |
| – |
HPICKER |
