| 'Ain't that the truth!' |
AMEN |
| 'Animal House' celebration |
TOGAPARTY |
| 'Caveman' food regimen |
PALEODIET |
| 'Houston, we have a problem ...' |
UHOH |
| 'Love it!' |
GREAT |
| 'Science Guy' Bill |
NYE |
| 'Whole ___ Love' (Led Zeppelin song) |
LOTTA |
| 'You Shook Me All Night Long' rockers |
ACDC |
| 1986 Peace Nobelist Wiesel |
ELIE |
| Abyss |
VOID |
| Affectionate touch |
CARESS |
| Bar mitzvah reading |
TORAH |
| Belles of the ball |
DEBS |
| Big name in little candies |
PEZ |
| Bikini, e.g |
ATOLL |
| Brilliant astronomical event |
SUPERNOVA |
| Calculus computation |
AREA |
| Command to a canine that's obeyed in 17-, 24-, 53-, and 63-Across |
SPEAK |
| Cunning |
SLY |
| Diacritical mark |
TILDE |
| Ease |
ALLAY |
| Ergo |
HENCE |
| First name in scat singing |
ELLA |
| Fool |
ASS |
| Footnote notation, for short |
IBID |
| Fort ___, North Carolina |
BRAGG |
| Fronts of ships |
PROWS |
| Get onto the same page |
SYNC |
| Had a bite |
ATE |
| Had more than a few drinks |
TIEDONEON |
| Hard eight, e.g |
ROLL |
| Has one's head in the clouds |
DAYDREAMS |
| Hole punch, of a sort |
AWL |
| IDs on some IRS forms |
SSNS |
| Large cache |
PILE |
| Like some college walls |
IVIED |
| Lilliputian |
SMALL |
| Luster |
SHEEN |