| Last word in the line beginning “We have met the enemy...” |
OURS |
| Let (out), as rope |
PAYED |
| Letter-shaped construction piece |
IBAR |
| Like Buffalo wings |
SPICY |
| Like perfect games in baseball |
RARE |
| Mother of Ares |
HERA |
| Music for a sitar |
RAGA |
| Narrow inlet |
RIA |
| Nick Charles’s wife |
NORA |
| Obsession |
FETISH |
| Once called |
NEE |
| Option in a File menu |
OPEN |
| Orange coating |
RIND |
| Piece of news |
ITEM |
| Pigeon sound |
COO |
| Prickly bushes |
BRIARS |
| Question before wrapping up a Q&A |
ANYONEELSE |
| Reducing regimen |
DIET |
| Relaxed condition |
EASE |
| Resource found in veins |
ORE |
| Rocker Clapton |
ERIC |
| Ruby of “A Raisin in the Sun” |
DEE |
| Sandwich store |
DELI |
| See 36-Across |
FISH |
| See 36-Across |
INNER |
| Showy hat embellishment |
PLUME |
| Spotted cat |
LEOPARD |
| Spring flower |
TULIP |
| State tree of Massachusetts |
ELM |
| State with conviction |
ASSERT |
| Stinging blow |
SLAP |
| Sumo wrestlers throw it before a match |
SALT |
| Supermarket aids |
LISTS |
| Taylor Swift song that takes a swipe at sexism |
THEMAN |
| Tense |
ONEDGE |
| Wall painting |
MURAL |
| Was unwell |
AILED |
| With 37- and 39-Across, book and TV series on human evolution, and a hint to the circled letters |
YOUR |
| ___-Cuban (Latin jazz style) |
AFRO |
