| 'A Long Walk' singer Jill |
SCOTT |
| 'Can you ___ me?' |
HEAR |
| 'Flights' author Tokarczuk |
OLGA |
| 'Good ___ Gone Bad' (Rihanna album) |
GIRL |
| 'Help!' letters |
SOS |
| 'If It ___ Love' (New Edition song) |
ISNT |
| 'It's not that bad' |
ILLLIVE |
| 'No need to wake me' |
IMUP |
| 'Spring forward, fall back' letters |
DST |
| 'The thing is . . .' |
YOUSEE |
| '___ culpa' |
MEA |
| 1993 Janet Jackson movie |
POETICJUSTICE |
| 7-Across client |
USER |
| An hour past noon |
ONEPM |
| Area with trees |
WOODS |
| Base for some pizzas |
NAAN |
| Bird who says 'The sky is falling!' |
CHICKENLITTLE |
| Bit of recognition |
NOD |
| Bit of wordplay |
PUN |
| Blend |
MELD |
| Blue-green color |
AQUA |
| Budding |
NASCENT |
| By way of |
VIA |
| Chicken's place |
COOP |
| Country that uses the Solar Hijri calendar |
IRAN |
| Descend like a 39-Down |
SWOOP |
| Eagle's nest |
AERIE |
| Faucet |
TAP |
| French for 'yes' |
OUI |
| Genuine |
SINCERE |
| Goads into a bigger purchase |
UPSELLS |
| Got together with |
MET |
| Grocery store worker |
CASHIER |
| Group of bees |
SWARM |
| Hair accessory |
CLIP |
| Hawaiian garland |
LEI |
| Heavy sword that's light on consonants |
EPEE |
| Intelligence org |
NSA |
| Jordan who wrote, 'I will not walk politely on the pavements anymore' |
JUNE |