| Genetic messenger, briefly |
RNA |
| Grilled Italian sandwich |
PANINI |
| Grimm bad guy |
OGRE |
| Gusto |
ZEAL |
| Happy times |
UPS |
| Havana "Hi!" |
HOLA |
| Helps with a heist |
ABETS |
| Himalayan Bigfoot |
YETI |
| Hockey legend Bobby |
ORR |
| Hundo |
CNOTE |
| Hung on to |
KEPT |
| Ivan the Terrible, for one |
TSAR |
| Leafy retreat |
ARBOR |
| Least possible |
FEWEST |
| Long-plumed wading bird |
EGRET |
| Make arrangements |
PLAN |
| Mold and mildew |
FUNGI |
| Mollycoddled |
BABIED |
| Overhead storage space |
ATTIC |
| Per item |
EACH |
| Pesky swarm |
GNATS |
| Popular apres-ski drink |
COCOA |
| Radioactive process |
DECAY |
| Requested Fancy Feast, perhaps |
MEOWED |
| Rorschach test feature |
BLOT |
| Scatter |
STREW |
| Scepter topper |
ORB |
| Scottish hillside |
BRAE |
| Signs again |
REINKS |
| Sound loudly |
BLARE |
| Stage construction |
SET |
| The Tappan Zee Bridge spans it |
HUDSON |
| Torque's Greek letter |
TAU |
| Turkey ___ (November race) |
TROT |
| Uses a long lens |
ZOOMS |
| Water-testing digit |
BIGTOE |
| Yin counterpart |
YANG |
| ___ Alabama ("Bachelorette" Hannah Brown's title) |
MISS |
| ___ Bator (Mongolian capital) |
ULAN |