| 'Unleaded,' as coffee goes |
DECAF |
| '___ on a true story' |
BASED |
| A 35-Across might spring one |
LEAK |
| Abrupt way to kick a habit |
COLDTURKEY |
| Absorb, as a cost |
EAT |
| AFB truant |
AWOL |
| Birds with iridescent plumage |
PEACOCKS |
| Blasted with pepper spray |
MACED |
| Bone up in a hurry |
CRAM |
| Bonny girl |
LASS |
| Bored with it all |
BLASE |
| Bowls over |
AWES |
| Census form datum |
RACE |
| Chartered ride |
BOAT |
| Chartered ride |
PLANE |
| Churchill Downs events |
DERBIES |
| Create messages with a 38-Across |
SKYWRITE |
| Crunchy strips at a brunch |
CRISPBACON |
| Dolphin that preys on others |
ORCA |
| Dory propellers |
OARS |
| Drake's genre |
RAP |
| Fall short |
FAIL |
| Fault-finding |
CRITICAL |
| Fuel in a scuttle |
COAL |
| Golden State gridder, for short |
NINER |
| Green veggie made into chips |
KALE |
| Have regrets |
FEELBAD |
| Ho-hum |
BLAH |
| Isn't perfect |
ERRS |
| Jackson 5 hairdos |
AFROS |
| L. Frank Baum's coward |
LION |
| Leave one's bandmates, perhaps |
GOSOLO |
| Like much testimony |
ORAL |
| Like some roof panels |
SOLAR |
| Lo mein vessels |
WOKS |
| Lower in esteem |
ABASE |
| Manning of the NFL |
ELI |
| Material in a beekeeper's veil |
NETTING |
| MDs' aides |
RNS |
