| Having bags all packed, say |
READY |
| Hosp. areas |
ICUS |
| Interment |
BURIAL |
| Lead-in to 'ops' |
SYS |
| Like a curmudgeon |
CRUSTY |
| Like whitecaps |
FOAMY |
| Line around the globe |
TROPIC |
| Longtime U.K. record label |
EMI |
| Lou Gehrig's disease, for short |
ALS |
| Mag mogul with a mansion |
HEF |
| Makes a to-do about this and that |
FUSSES |
| Mama Cass |
ELLIOT |
| Marked down |
ONSALE |
| More passionate |
STEAMIER |
| Move low toward the horizon |
SET |
| Much-used Twitter symbols |
ATS |
| Muscle below a delt |
LAT |
| Org. concerned with eagles and birdies |
PGA |
| Papa Bear of Chicago Bears history |
HALAS |
| Prix ___ |
FIXE |
| Quaker ___ |
OATS |
| Rap sheet letters |
AKA |
| Rodin, for one |
SCULPTOR |
| Setting of Kubla Khan's palace |
XANADU |
| Ship's pronoun |
SHE |
| Spanish weeks |
SEMANAS |
| State firmly |
AVER |
| Sticky-leaved plant that feeds on insects |
SUNDEW |
| Suffix with north or south |
ERN |
| Summa cum ___ |
LAUDE |
| Sup |
EAT |
| The Cyclones of the Big 12 Conf |
ISU |
| Thither |
YON |
| To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and .. |
THINKQUICKLY |
| Tossed out of the game, informally |
DQED |
| Tow job provider, in brief |
AAA |
| War-torn Syrian city |
ALEPPO |
| When repeated, what little stars do |
TWINKLE |
| Windy City rail inits |
CTA |
| Without assistance |
ALONE |
| World Series-winning manager Ned |
YOST |
| ___ Dunham, mother of Barack Obama |
ANN |
