| 'Buona ___' (Italian greeting) |
SERA |
| 'Chicago ___' (NBC drama) |
MED |
| 'Hamilton' climax |
DUEL |
| 'Spare me your lame reasons!' |
EXCUSESEXCUSES |
| 'Star Trek' spinoff series: Abbr |
TNG |
| 'You betcha!' |
UHHUH |
| 'You betcha!' |
YEP |
| 1981 hit with the lyric 'We can make it if we try' ... or a possible title for this puzzle |
JUSTTHETWOOFUS |
| Alternatives to Ho Hos |
YODELS |
| Anderson who directed 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' |
WES |
| Any member of the 2019 N.B.A. championship team |
RAPTOR |
| Apartment building V.I.P., in slang |
SUPE |
| Be laid up in bed |
AIL |
| Benches along an aisle |
PEWS |
| Branch of the Olympics? |
LAUREL |
| Caffeinated summer drink |
ICEDCOFFEE |
| Call to a lamb |
BAA |
| Card game with suits of four different colors |
UNO |
| Chinese zodiac creature for 2019 |
PIG |
| Circle segment |
ARC |
| Colorful parrot |
MACAW |
| Compete in Pictionary |
DRAW |
| Composer Bizet |
GEORGES |
| Compound with a fruity scent |
ESTER |
| Consumer safety org |
FDA |
| Course covering axons and dendrites, for short |
NEURO |
| Cousin of a lark |
SWALLOW |
| Disco ___ ('The Simpsons' character) |
STU |
| Ending with 'umich.' or 'upenn.' |
EDU |
| Equipment hauled by a roadie |
AMP |
| Expand |
GROW |
| Facial hair for Sam Elliott and Wilford Brimley |
WALRUSMUSTACHE |
| Famed child ruler, informally |
TUT |
| Garden plant also called stonecrop |
SEDUM |
| Gave the go-ahead |
OKED |
| Get wind of |
HEAR |
| Getting some shut-eye |
ASLEEP |