| 'Boy' or 'girl' preceder |
ATTA |
| 'Captain's Peril' co-author William |
SHATNER |
| 'Good ___' |
POINT |
| 'Haste makes ___' |
ASTEW |
| 'Hold ___ your butts' ('Jurassic Park' line) |
ONTO |
| 'I urge you all ... to love each other without restraint. Unless you're into leather. Then by all means, use restraints' speaker Margaret |
CHO |
| 'I'd be glad to help!' |
NOPROB |
| 'Impetuous young boy' of 'Monster Mash' |
IGOR |
| 'It burns!' |
YEOW |
| 'Move it, varmint!' |
GIT |
| 'Nightswimming' rockers |
REM |
| 'Of course!' |
ISURECAN |
| 'The Night Circus' writer Morgenstern |
ERIN |
| 'The wonder of all things,' per some translations of Lao Tzu |
TAO |
| 16th letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet |
PAPA |
| Absorbent implement |
MOP |
| Accept eagerly |
EMBRACE |
| Acting Ken or Lena |
LION |
| Akita agreement |
HAI |
| Animal collective |
HERD |
| Attempt to persuade |
COAX |
| Between, pour moi |
ENTRE |
| Blood of the gods |
CHOIR |
| Botanical wall art plant |
MOSS |
| Box of bocks, say |
CASE |
| Bridge materials? |
CARDS |
| Certain tank descriptor |
SEPTIC |
| Cleared for departure? |
EXCUSED |
| Concern for the Union of Concerned Scientists |
CLIMATE |
| Concerning element of home inspections |
ADORN |
| Cooing creature |
DOVE |
| Curly style |
PERM |
| Dance music style popularized by Pérez Prado |
THEMAMBO |
| Disappearing lakes, e.g |
MIRAGES |
| Dollar : United States :: kip : ___ |
LAOS |
| Dozed for a bit |
APPEND |
| Drying cloth |
DISHRAG |
| Eponym of the Sports Scholar Awards from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education |
ASHE |
| Equidae family member |
ASS |
| Except |
SAVE |
| Experiences decay |
ROTS |
| Fall behind, say |
OWE |
| Fill in un océano |
AGUA |
| Flower with a 'Fragrant Cloud' cultivar |
TEAROSE |
| Focus of one's enmity |
FOE |
| Food brand named for two neighboring states |
OREIDA |
| For each one |
APIECE |
| Force wielders of film |
SITH |
| Frank |
HONEST |
| From this point on ... and a phrase that explains (and is spelled out by) the 12 shifted first letters in this puzzle |
GOINGFORWARD |
| Gambling game |
AFRO |
| Getaway |
LAM |
| Gets by observation |
SENSES |
| GhostCircus Apparel designer ___ James |
ELI |
| Gives a pass to, say |
COMPS |
| Glossy curtain fabric |
SATIN |
| Gmail folder heading |
SENT |
| Golden ___ (Temple Run treasure) |
IDOL |
| GPS approximation |
ETA |
| Guided |
LED |
| Guy who directed the 2019 'Aladdin' remake |
ITCHIER |
| Has high hopes |
SPIREAS |
| High bridge |
VIADUCT |
| Holed up? |
POROUS |
| Home of the Dez Dam |
IRAN |
| How aliens may come, per some sci-fi tropes |
INPEACE |
| Hyundai model that mixes up the letters of 112 Down and 66 Across |
ELANTRA |
| Idris who played Macavity the Mystery Cat in 'Cats' |
ELBA |
| In a bit, in an ode |
ANON |
| Journey respites |
STOPS |
