| Long way around town? |
BUS |
| Lute shape |
PEAR |
| Many a fed. holiday |
MON |
| Messed (with) |
FUTZED |
| Mexican sauce made from chili peppers and chocolate |
MOLE |
| Observation from an observatory |
NOVA |
| Oktoberfest garb |
LEDERHOSEN |
| Old Testament figure who has a child while in her early 90s |
SARAH |
| One who is so close (and yet so far) |
RUNNERUP |
| Painter and devotee of 11-Down |
DEGAS |
| Part of a promotion negotiation |
TITLE |
| Poet who said 'If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?' |
ELIOT |
| Proofer's 33-Down |
STET |
| Puts in stitches |
SEWS |
| Rhyming term for a dessert |
SWEETTREAT |
| Rivals |
FOES |
| Romantic couple |
ITEM |
| Senator Klobuchar |
AMY |
| Show of amor |
BESO |
| Slightly |
ABIT |
| Smears |
DAUBS |
| Special delivery |
BIRTH |
| Start of a three-word alliterative name of a Shakespeare play |
LOVES |
| Style |
FORMAT |
| Super-happy |
INECSTASY |
| Take on |
ASSUME |
| Thrill |
ELATE |
| Toe preceder |
TAC |
| Tony-winning musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda during his second year of college |
INTHEHEIGHTS |
| Turbulence |
UNREST |
| Veiled satire on Joseph Stalin |
ANIMALFARM |
| What Bristol Bay is an arm of |
BERINGSEA |
| What might be on the tip of your tongue? |
STUD |
| Where Catalan is the official language |
ANDORRA |
| Will who voices BoJack Horseman on 'BoJack Horseman' |
ARNETT |
| ___ Woods, lead character in 'Legally Blonde' |
ELLE |
