| Keep in check |
CURB |
| Lavalava wearer |
SAMOAN |
| Like AB negative, among blood types |
RAREST |
| Macaw protagonist of 2011's 'Rio' |
BLU |
| Maker of candy wafers |
NECCO |
| Messy room |
STY |
| Mother with a Peace Prize |
TERESA |
| Movies, informally |
PIX |
| Night notes |
TAPS |
| Nile slitherer |
ASP |
| Not napping |
AWAKE |
| Old message |
TELEX |
| Old Tokyo |
EDO |
| One shot in a bar |
DART |
| Palmer with an army |
ARNIE |
| Pandora released them |
EVILS |
| Part of Fred Flintstone's yell |
DABBA |
| Personnel chief, at times |
FIRER |
| Piscine 'Pinocchio' character |
CLEO |
| Pop |
BURST |
| Preparatory periods |
EVES |
| Resigned oneself to an unpleasant task |
BITTHEBULL |
| Sad state |
WOE |
| Sara Roosevelt's maiden name |
DELANO |
| Seneca, e.g |
ROMAN |
| Sentence units |
YEARS |
| Service address |
SIR |
| Spot for blocks |
TOYBOX |
| Staggering |
AREEL |
| Stave off |
AVERT |
| System of belief |
CREED |
| Take a break, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
LETUP |
| The ends of the earth |
POLES |
| They take courses |
PLATES |
| Titans cornerback Jackson |
ADOREE |
| Turnoff, perhaps |
EXIT |
| Whale chow |
KRILL |
| ___ out (didn't get on) |
FLIED |
