| Learned |
SAGE |
| Level |
SHIM |
| Like ingrates |
THANKLESS |
| Like many indie films |
ARTY |
| Like pawns and puppets |
USED |
| Longtime TV procedural |
NCIS |
| Love letters |
XOXO |
| Low-level computer work |
DATAENTRY |
| Maker of the iComfort line |
SERTA |
| Many a sub |
TEMP |
| Modern travelers' marketplace |
AIRBNB |
| N.Y.C. racetrack, informally |
BIGA |
| Nova Scotia's Grand ___ National Historic Site |
PRE |
| Nuisance |
PAIN |
| Object of a scout's search |
TALENT |
| Plans nefariously |
PLOTS |
| Playground rejoinder |
ISSO |
| Point guard, e.g |
PLAYMAKER |
| Pooh-pooh |
DERIDE |
| Quaint evening reading material |
LATEEDITION |
| Rout |
DRUB |
| Seizure |
GRAB |
| Some old fire trucks |
REOS |
| Some undergrad degs |
BSS |
| Sour, fermented milk drink |
KEFIR |
| Teammate of Hammerin' Hank in 22 All-Star Games, with 'the' |
SAYHEYKID |
| The N.I.H. is based in it |
DCAREA |
| The ___ School (Manhattan dance institution) |
AILEY |
| They're light-years away |
EXOPLANETS |
| What fish or chicken can be, but not turkey |
VERB |
| White Cloud competitor |
SCOTT |
| White of the eye |
SCLERA |
| Who said 'All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl' |
CHAPLIN |
| ___ number |
CELL |
| ___-mo |
SLO |
