| Like tops and tales |
SPUN |
| Lose stamina |
TIRE |
| Make excited, as a crowd |
FIREUP |
| Messages that sometimes contain emojis |
TEXTS |
| Messenger ___ |
RNA |
| New York's Memorial ___ Kettering Cancer Center |
SLOAN |
| No longer feral |
TAMED |
| Noah's construction |
ARK |
| Olla podrida, for one |
STEW |
| One of the Allman Brothers |
DUANE |
| Opening remarks |
INTRO |
| Philosopher ___-tzu |
LAO |
| Plant bristle |
AWN |
| Pleased |
GLAD |
| Poet's 'before' |
ERE |
| Pool stick |
CUE |
| Really, really bad |
AWFUL |
| Rum-soaked desserts |
BABAS |
| Sheep's cry |
BAA |
| Shows mercy to |
SPARES |
| Sign maker's pattern |
STENCIL |
| Single, double and triple, on the diamond |
BASEHITS |
| Smooshed into compact layers |
PANCAKED |
| Speak extemporaneously |
ADLIB |
| Strives for victory |
VIES |
| Sudden forward thrust |
LUNGE |
| Suffix with cynic or skeptic |
ISM |
| They get smashed at parties |
PINATAS |
| Trick-taking card game |
WHIST |
| Trojan War epic poem |
ILIAD |
| Valuable item |
ASSET |
| Vehicles on snow-covered hills |
SLEDS |
| Venomous predator with a vibrating tail |
RATTLESNAKE |
| Watering place for a camel |
OASIS |
| Where you can find a 17-Across perched on an 11-Down devouring a 25-Down |
MEXICANFLAG |
| World's longest continental mountain range |
ANDES |
| Zodiac sign before Virgo |
LEO |
| ___ carte (ordered separately) |
ALA |
| ___ for tat |
TIT |
