| "Abolish ___," immigration rallying cry on the left |
ICE |
| "Can you turn the A.C. down?" |
BRR |
| "Coloring Book" Grammy winner |
CHANCETHERAPPER |
| "Crazy Blues" vocalist Smith |
MAMIE |
| "Harry Potter" spell useful for those constantly losing their keys |
ACCIO |
| "If on a Winter's Night a Traveller" writer Calvino |
ITALO |
| "It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at ___ ... ": Hemingway |
SEA |
| "Redbone" Grammy winner |
CHILDISHGAMBINO |
| "Sure, go for it" |
THATSFINE |
| "The Canterbury Tales" pilgrim |
REEVE |
| "Was I right or was I right!" |
SEE |
| "___ is no love child of jazz": Charlie Parker |
BOP |
| "___ mean a lot to me ... " |
ITD |
| 1979 R. & B. No. 1 song with an oft-sampled "toot-toot, beep-beep" chant |
BADGIRLS |
| 1996's "Macarena" or 1972's "School's Out" |
SUMMERHIT |
| 2008 Madonna album |
HARDCANDY |
| According to |
PER |
| Aim of many a meditation practice |
MINDFULNESS |
| Aretha's partner in a 1989 duet |
ELTON |
| Avoid artfully |
ELUDE |
| Bagel shape, in math-speak |
TOROID |
| Buffer material |
EMERY |
| Coconut ___ |
OIL |
| Confucian text also known as the "Book of Changes" |
ICHING |
| Connections |
INS |
| Cooked on a spit, in French cuisine |
ALABROCHE |
| Debate |
ARGUE |
| Debbie of "Fame" |
ALLEN |
| Della of "Touched by an Angel" |
REESE |
| Designate |
SET |
| Field for Kristeva and Barthes |
SEMIOTICS |
| Fond of the side-eye or upside-down-smiley emoji, perhaps |
SASSY |
| Gets |
GRASPS |
| Grabs (onto) |
GLOMS |
| Isolated department, in corporate-speak |
SILO |
