| 'My sincere apologies' |
SOSORRY |
| 'Nonsense!' |
BOSH |
| 'Salud!' or 'Skoal!' |
TOAST |
| 'Special' things in sci-fi films |
EFFECTS |
| 'The Tonight Show' host before and after Conan O'Brien |
JAYLENO |
| '___ magnifique!' |
CEST |
| Achy |
SORE |
| Actor Sheridan of 'Ready Player One' |
TYE |
| Actress Kendrick or Paquin |
ANNA |
| Application |
USE |
| Apply, as plaster |
DAUB |
| Best-selling author who invented multiple languages |
JRRTOLKIEN |
| Black Sea port, to natives |
ODESA |
| Bohemian |
ARTY |
| Braid, e.g |
ENLACE |
| Brian who coined the term 'ambient music' |
ENO |
| British officers |
BOBBIES |
| Cheese similar to Camembert |
BRIE |
| Cheese similar to Gouda |
EDAM |
| City in northern Italy |
TURIN |
| Classic toy store founder |
FAOSCHWARZ |
| College recruitment org |
ROTC |
| Company with an annual 'Color of the Year' award |
PANTONE |
| Contemporary of Booker T. Washington |
WEBDUBOIS |
| Creature on Scotland's coat of arms |
UNICORN |
| Dog breed at Buckingham Palace |
CORGI |
| Dog unlikely to have a solid coat |
SPOT |
| Dolce |
SWEETLY |
| French wine valley |
LOIRE |
| Function associated with oscillation |
SINE |
| Had high hopes |
ASPIRED |
| Hold back |
RESTRAIN |
| Hollywood and such |
SHOWBIZ |
| Hybrid music genre with African-American roots |
JAZZHOP |
| Indication of more to come ... or what 17-, 28- and 43-Across all contain |
DOTDOTDOT |
| Indy-to-Cleveland direction |
ENE |
| Informal question of identification |
WHODAT |
