| "Aida," for one |
OPERA |
| "Already?" |
SOSOON |
| "Christina's World" painter Andrew |
WYETH |
| "Darn!" and "Dagnabbit!" are mild ones |
OATHS |
| "Good __!": Charlie Brownism |
GRIEF |
| "My treat" |
ONME |
| "Stand up!" ... and a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
ONYOURFEET |
| "The best __ to come" |
ISYET |
| "__ the ramparts ... " |
OER |
| '90s candidate Ross |
PEROT |
| *Divisive political topic |
WEDGEISSUE |
| *Get up and running, digitally |
BOOTTHECOMPUTER |
| *Interrogate persistently |
PUMPFORINFO |
| *Want-ad heading in the London Times, perhaps |
FLATFORRENT |
| About to arrive at |
NEAR |
| Add a lane to, say |
WIDEN |
| Assorted items |
STUFF |
| Battlefield doc |
MEDIC |
| Beat by a hair |
EDGE |
| Biological pouch |
SAC |
| Boars' mates |
SOWS |
| Cake decorator |
ICER |
| Campfire remnants |
ASHES |
| Cosmetician Lauder |
ESTEE |
| Decorative fish |
KOI |
| Defrost |
THAW |
| Did a takeoff on |
APED |
| Double-curved arches |
OGEES |
| Drummer for John, Paul and George |
RINGO |
| Early 20th-cent. conflict |
WWI |
| Easy win |
ROMP |
| Failing grades |
EFFS |
| Female in the fam |
SIS |
| Georgia team, in sports headlines |
DAWGS |
| Gerbil or hamster, often |
PET |
| Goof |
ERR |
| Grass-and-roots layer |
TURF |
| Guy in a popular tongue-twister |
PETERPIPER |
| Had |
ATE |