| Like peanut brittle |
NUTTY |
| Main ingredient in congee |
RICE |
| Makes small improvements to |
REFINES |
| Many 'Sister Act' characters |
NUNS |
| Mistake |
ERROR |
| More real |
TRUER |
| Motivating monologues |
PEPTALKS |
| Name that's 16-Across minus a letter |
ARI |
| One-up |
TOP |
| Operatic solo |
ARIA |
| Perseverance Rover org |
NASA |
| Piper who picked a peck of pickled peppers, in a tongue twister |
PETER |
| Playtime in school |
RECESS |
| Pop-up windows, often |
ADS |
| Prefix for 'system' |
ECO |
| Prepare in the oven |
BAKE |
| Pretends to sing along |
LIPSYNCS |
| Quenches |
SATES |
| Relatives of ostriches |
EMUS |
| Restrict |
LIMIT |
| Sanchez of the Black Arts Movement |
SONIA |
| Satisfying supper, for example |
SQUAREMEAL |
| Silly |
INANE |
| Social ___ (expected behaviors) |
NORMS |
| Standard of measurement |
UNIT |
| Synonym for 'trash' in the phrase 'trash talk' |
SMACK |
| T. rex or ankylosaurus, for short |
DINO |
| Tennis match part |
SET |
| Test for doctors-to-be |
MCAT |
| Test that measures brain activity |
EEG |
| The A in UAE |
ARAB |
| They gather before a big rain |
STORMCLOUDS |
| Verb that sounds like a letter |
ARE |
| Wang or Bradley |
VERA |
| Wrestling surface |
MAT |
| Young lady |
GAL |
| ___ Aviv |
TEL |
| ___ Inch Nails |
NINE |
| ___ reel (actor's compilation) |
DEMO |
