| Julia Roberts's ex Lyle, he's a country singer |
LOVETT |
| Kill the sound, like I bet you wish you could do with someone talking like a 41-Across |
MUTE |
| Large animal in the deer family (not actual family, but in the species sense) |
ELK |
| Like many fifth-graders - ask your cousin |
AGETEN |
| Literally everybody at the office beneath me |
PEON |
| Little ones that you give to your hired help to push around in jogging carriages |
TOTS |
| Money for a club membership, join a couple when you have a chance |
DUES |
| Neglects to mention, as I can't seem to understand how to do |
OMITS |
| One who talks like he's obviously superior but he's actually just privileged |
CHAUVINISTPIG |
| Opera highlight - it's a high-cultured thing kind of like a 'musical' only in a foreign language |
ARIA |
| Parkinson's battler that Robert De Niro's character took in 'Awakenings,' you should watch it sometime |
LDOPA |
| Part of an attack plan (in war) |
PRONG |
| Pasta shaped like a tube, that's like a cylinder only without tops |
ZITI |
| Playful prank, for example pretending I don't know what I'm talking about |
ANTIC |
| Rayed autumn flower, that's the time of year we go back to school |
ASTER |
| Really digging, as I am myself |
INTO |
| Said with a wink (a blink but with only one eye) |
SLY |
| Send forth, as light (did you take physics?) |
EMIT |
| Shrinking Asian sea (I've traveled in Asia) |
ARAL |
| Singer Lou who is very good - he sounds like some singers that you might know like Al Green |
RAWLS |
| Ski resort in New Mexico because Vail was so 2009 |
TAOS |
| Skin and bones, metaphorically (not literally) |
LEAN |
| Slow, graceful dance I learned how to do it at Juilliard |
MINUET |
| Small obstacle in plans that aren't good |
HITCH |
| Spread wisdom as people should let me do more often |
ORATE |
| Stop existing, as the patriarchy |
DIE |
| Strahan's co-host (on TV) |
RIPA |
| Street corner things that tell you you can't park here, if you should stop, where to go, etc |
SIGNS |
| Submarine sandwich - I make a great one |
HOAGIE |
| Superman's accessory (he's a very strong superhero) |
CAPE |
| Terrible shame, but you'll get over it |
PITY |
| Things I give 10% for, no matter what (I had to work for my money) |
TIPS |
| Treat condescendingly, like the clues in this puzzle |
PATRONIZE |
| TV show that's not nearly as good as a real show like 'The Wire' because it takes place in a high school and is a musical |
GLEE |
| Twerking body part, if you're a peasant |
ASS |
| Uses, as a chair - or the floor if you don't understand what a chair is |
SITSON |
| Vincent van Gogh chopped one off (painter who painted 'The Starry Night') |
EAR |
| Volume button, it's the round thing on the stereo |
KNOB |
| What Rosie does on some posters (from history) |
RIVET |
