| "BTW, what I think ..." |
IMO |
| "Do Ya" rock grp |
ELO |
| "False!" on a playground |
ISNOT |
| "I am who I am" |
THATSME |
| "Say what?" |
HUH |
| "See?!" |
ITOLDYA |
| "Southern Ivy" in Atlanta |
EMORY |
| "The Pit and the Pendulum" writer |
POE |
| "___ Were a Boy" (Beyonce song) |
IFI |
| *"Can I get a beer menu?" |
WHATSON |
| *Contemporary times |
HISTORY |
| *Defensive football players |
BACKERS |
| *Fruity dip |
PEACHMANGO |
| *One may go either way at the ballot box |
STATEVOTER |
| *Town's central meeting spot |
VILLAGE |
| a or b, in the Pythagorean theorem |
LEG |
| African country with a red, white and blue flag |
LIBERIA |
| Army gear, informally |
CAMO |
| Big book |
TOME |
| Certain salmon |
COHO |
| Chimney buildup |
SOOT |
| Clip-___ (ties you don't tie) |
ONS |
| Club sandwich relative, briefly |
BLT |
| Color-changing rings "read" them |
MOODS |
| Contests with many moves, or a hint to the starred answers' outside-the-grid parts |
DANCEOFFS |
| Dark ___ (black magic) |
ARTS |
| Empty space |
GAP |
| Engage fully |
IMMERSE |
| Fight stoppers: Abbr |
TKOS |
| Fish in a Japanese garden |
KOI |
| Flap your gums |
YAP |
| Forensic evidence of a wheel |
RUT |
| Genealogical procedure |
DNATEST |
| Idyllic garden |
EDEN |
| III, in modern Rome |
TRE |
| Ingrid's "Casablanca" role |
ILSA |
| Jam time, slangily |
SESH |
| Like leprechauns |
IRISH |
| Little peek |
LOOKSEE |