| 'Back off ... I'm the one they'll cast!' |
ITSMYPART |
| 'Case of the Ex' R&B chanteuse |
MYA |
| 'Cloud ___' (David Mitchell novel) |
ATLAS |
| 'Negatory!' |
UHUH |
| 'The Lady's Got Potential' musical |
EVITA |
| 'The ___ that men do lives after them': 'Julius Caesar' |
EVIL |
| Actor Miller of 2017's 'Justice League' |
EZRA |
| Adjust, as at the concertmaster's bidding |
TUNE |
| Aging brain, facetiously |
SIEVE |
| Alamo compact? |
LEASE |
| Ancient holy scroller? |
ESSENE |
| Apt rhyme with 'O'Hara' |
TARA |
| Artsy maverick, informally |
BOHO |
| Avail oneself of |
USE |
| Bardic off-Broadway role for David Oyelowo |
OTHELLO |
| Become unfocused |
BLUR |
| Bonbon made for Marie Antoinette? |
VERSAILLESTREAT |
| Breeding horse that could still race? |
QUICKSTUD |
| Catch the eye, as a neon color |
POP |
| Clarinet or bassoon |
REED |
| Couldn't get enough of |
ATEUP |
| Currency honoring Curie and Chopin |
ZLOTY |
| Damage beyond repair |
RUIN |
| Dawdling |
SLOW |
| December observance with candle-lighting |
KWANZAA |
| Dollar bills, in slang |
ACES |
| Endures |
LASTS |
| Events with pits and spits, briefly |
BBQS |
| Felled with an ax |
HEWED |
| Festive |
GALA |
| Focused, in a way |
AGAZE |
| Gelatin alternative in many Asian desserts |
AGARAGAR |
| Harbinger |
OMEN |
| His, in Le Havre |
ALUI |
| Icelandic lore's Huldufólk, e.g |
ELVES |
| Iridescent mosaic element |
NACRE |
| It's lighter than most clubs |
BLT |
| Keister |
SEAT |
| King Ethelred, who pooh-poohed books? |
THEUNREAD |