| In the thick of |
AMIDST |
| Instrument with hammers |
PIANO |
| Invents, as a word |
COINS |
| It may follow a calm |
STORM |
| Lecherous looks |
OGLES |
| Like an unerased blackboard |
CHALKY |
| Like champagne in a bucket |
ONICE |
| Maker of foam projectiles |
NERF |
| Many a "Finding Dory" watcher |
TOT |
| Minnesota's ___ Cities |
TWIN |
| Nanny's offspring |
KID |
| Offered, as for feedback |
RANBY |
| One in a cell |
CON |
| One offering home care |
AIDE |
| Pace between trot and gallop |
LOPE |
| Patio named for a Hawaiian island |
LANAI |
| Play-of-color gemstone |
OPAL |
| Printing process using metallic transfer |
FOILSTAMPING |
| Ray Bradbury's genre, for short |
SCIFI |
| Seemingly bottomless pit |
ABYSS |
| Small-time hoodlum |
PUNK |
| Snakes in exotic pet stores |
BOACONSTRICTORS |
| Sophia of "Two Women" |
LOREN |
| Sound from a pound |
YAP |
| Source of chips, slangily |
SPUD |
| Start of a hypothetical question |
WHATIF |
| Steinbeck novel set in Monterey |
TORTILLAFLAT |
| Take a crack at |
TRY |
| Taylor with the No. 1 hit "Bad Blood" |
SWIFT |
| Testifier's spot |
STAND |
| Tilex target |
SCUM |
| Toned down, as a trumpet |
MUTED |
| Top 14-Across |
CEO |
| Travel by clipper |
SAIL |
| Type of applique |
IRONON |
| Way back when |
ONCE |
| What cats, bats and rats do? |
RHYME |
| Wine made from Moscato grapes |
ASTI |
