| 'Affirmative' |
YES |
| 'August 28' director DuVernay |
AVA |
| 'Check this out' |
TAKEAGANDER |
| 'Downton Abbey' title |
EARL |
| 'How You Like ___' (Blackpink song) |
THAT |
| 'In a strange twist . . .' |
ODDLY |
| 'On the Bus with ___ Parks' (Rita Dove collection) |
ROSA |
| 'Spider-Man: ___ the Spider-Verse' |
INTO |
| 'Stat!' |
ASAP |
| 'thank u, next' artist |
ARIANAGRANDE |
| '___ a Little Prayer' (Dionne Warwick hit) |
ISAY |
| '___ big fan' |
IMA |
| 1963 hit by The Chiffons |
ONEFINEDAY |
| Above |
OVER |
| Actress and writer Wilson |
MARA |
| Airplane storage site |
HANGAR |
| Apple Sidra, e.g |
SODA |
| Aspiration |
HOPE |
| Be really good |
SLAP |
| Bodes perilously |
SPELLSDANGER |
| Brownies ___ mode |
ALA |
| Bunches of bees |
SWARMS |
| Chomp at |
GNAWON |
| Contact lens's place |
EYE |
| Cookie similar to a Joe-Joe |
OREO |
| Designer Lowe |
ANN |
| Domain for a lifeguard |
POOLAREA |
| Dumbbell press muscle, for short |
PEC |
| Enter on a number pad |
KEYIN |
| Equips |
RIGS |
| Family nickname |
MAMA |
| Follower of 'next' and preceder of 'X' |
GEN |
| Full of attitude |
SASSY |
| Go to |
ATTEND |
| Guacamole needs |
AVOCADOS |
| Has, archaically |
HATH |
| Homophone of this clue number's first digit |
FORE |
| Island near Maui |
LANAI |