| "Boyz n the Hood" actress Long |
NIA |
| "My word!" |
ISAY |
| "Skip to My ___" |
LOU |
| "So close!" |
ALMOST |
| "___ been drinkin' ..." (Beyonce lyric) |
IVE |
| "___ get over it" |
ILL |
| Actor Joseph Gordon-___ |
LEVITT |
| Arrange, as a shawl |
DRAPE |
| Before surgery, informally |
PREOP |
| Bert's foil on "Sesame Street" |
ERNIE |
| Blacken |
CHAR |
| Certain electric cars |
TESLAS |
| Clairvoyance, e.g., briefly |
ESP |
| Clarke who played Mother of Dragons |
EMILIA |
| Common autobiography subtitle |
AMEMOIR |
| Computing pioneer Lovelace |
ADA |
| Cryptography org |
THENSA |
| D&D, e.g |
RPG |
| Decorative vase |
URN |
| Design detail, for short |
SPEC |
| Drum for a toddler, maybe |
POT |
| Exams scored from 1-5 |
APTESTS |
| Exchange of cross words |
SPAT |
| Fir fluid |
SAP |
| Flight-related prefix |
AERO |
| Floral garland |
LEI |
| For-ev-er |
EON |
| Gets to first base |
MAKESOUT |
| Gives the green light |
OKAYS |
| Gloria Estefan's Cuban birthplace |
HAVANA |
| Grade school semiformal accessory |
CLIPONTIE |
| In, now |
TRENDY |
| Jackson 5 hit with an alphabetical title |
ABC |
| Julia Roberts, to Emma Roberts |
AUNT |
| Know by intuition |
SENSE |
| Lead-in to "intellectual" |
PSEUDO |
| Like a trampoline |
BOUNCY |
| Like proofed dough |
RISEN |
| Mask or cloak |
VEIL |
