| 'Babalu' singer |
DESIARNAZ |
| 'Being There' director Ashby |
HAL |
| 'I knew it!' |
AHA |
| 'Il Trovatore' heroine |
LEONORA |
| 'King Lear' character who feigns madness |
EDGAR |
| 'Le Pont de Narni' artist |
COROT |
| 'Let's balance the budget,' say? |
CONGRESSIONALIDEA |
| 'No help needed, thanks!' |
IMALLSET |
| 'Where does he get off?' |
THENERVE |
| 'Who, me?' |
MOI |
| '___ nice day!' |
HAVEA |
| 1950s crooner Julius |
LAROSA |
| 1982 movie with a light-cycle competition |
TRON |
| American marsupial |
OPOSSUM |
| Atlanta Olympics torch lighter |
ALI |
| Australian sprinters |
EMUS |
| Badger |
NAG |
| Bank offering, informally |
REFI |
| Baseball's Boone and Saberhagen |
BRETS |
| Belgrade's country |
SERBIA |
| Best-known character of 8-Across |
ABNER |
| Bestselling Persian poet |
RUMI |
| Bit of celery |
STALK |
| Bow in old movies |
CLARA |
| Buckwheat noodles |
SOBA |
| Call at home |
SAFE |
| Camera with a mirror and prism system, briefly |
SLR |
| Capital of Crete? |
KAPPA |
| Cartoonist who popularized the term 'double whammy' |
ALCAPP |
| Casual greeting |
HEY |
| Cenozoic, for one |
ERA |
| Chapeau |
LID |
| Character found in a 2016 sequel |
DORY |
| Cheer competition |
TIDE |
| Cheers |
ACCLAIM |
| Chucks |
TOSSES |
| Clarification intro |
IMEAN |
| Cleveland Cavalier Channing |
FRYE |
| Commute lengtheners |
DETOURS |
| Cosecant's reciprocal |
SINE |
| Crane, for one |
BIRD |
| Cry |
YELL |
| Depeche Mode frontman Dave |
GAHAN |
| Dreaded one? |
RASTA |
| Ernie Banks nickname |
MRCUB |
| Exhausting routines |
RATRACES |
| Falling on deaf ears |
UNHEARD |
| Family that's owned the Pittsburgh Steelers since 1933 |
ROONEY |
| File menu choice |
SAVEAS |
| From l. to r |
ACR |
| Getaway spots |
INNS |
| Hardly a downpour |
DRIZZLE |
| Hole number? |
PAR |
| Homer outcry |
DOH |
| Homer output |
EPICS |
| Hot spot |
FURNACE |
| Human Genome Project material |
DNA |
| Interference pattern |
MOIRE |
| International news agcy |
UPI |
| Is a danger on the freeway |
WEAVES |
| Is advised |
OUGHT |
| Is exasperating |
TRIES |
| It goes up and down |
SEESAW |
| It's always positive |
PROTON |
| Its first hotel was in Flagstaff |
RAMADA |
| Jersey features |
UDDERS |
| Kazakhstan's capital |
ASTANA |
| Latvian currency |
EURO |
| Like a new coat, perhaps |
WET |
| Like Times Square on New Year's Eve |
CROWDED |
