| "RR" follower |
XING |
| "Sleepless in Seattle" director Nora |
EPHRON |
| "So long!" |
BYE |
| "The Count of Monte ___" |
CRISTO |
| "The Matrix" hero |
NEO |
| "To a ..." poem |
ODE |
| *"The Old Man and the Sea," for one (first 3 + last 3) |
SHORTNOVEL |
| *Commerce involving cinnamon (first 2 + last 3) |
SPICETRADE |
| *Hybrid pooch (first 2 letters + last 3) |
LABRADOODLE |
| *Newspaper pages with many numbers (first 3 + last 2) |
SPORTSSECTION |
| 3, for a short golf hole |
PAR |
| Anxious med. condition |
OCD |
| Any Supremes song, in 2020 |
OLDIE |
| Apple's "ultimate mobile workstation" |
IPADPRO |
| Aquafina competitor |
DASANI |
| Archipelago speck |
ISLE |
| Arcing throw |
LOB |
| Around the date of |
CIRCA |
| Author Hermann |
HESSE |
| Award for "Parasite" |
OSCAR |
| Banishes |
EXILES |
| Best Foreign Language Film of 2005 |
TSOTSI |
| Blessing-curse link |
ORA |
| Bob Marley classic |
ONELOVE |
| Bygone carrier |
TWA |
| Comic Boosler |
ELAYNE |
| DJ's stack, once |
CDS |
| Everyone |
ALL |
| Exaggerate |
OVERDO |
| Fictional chocolatier Wonka |
WILLY |
| Folded Mexican food |
TACO |
| French seasoning that's a French article backward |
SEL |
| Google Chrome program, for one |
WEBAPP |
| Historical period |
EPOCH |
| Inspiration |
IDEA |
| Keys with 15 Grammys |
ALICIA |
| Kimono sash |
OBI |
| Lao-___ |
TSE |