| "What's that?" |
HUH |
| "Yes, that makes sense" |
AHISEE |
| "___ Fly Now" ("Rocky" theme) |
GONNA |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers hit) |
AINT |
| (I can't believe I did that!) |
FACEPALM |
| (Someone else's mistake) |
SIC |
| 2014-21 "NCIS" city, informally |
NOLA |
| Action figure based on a movie, e.g |
TIEIN |
| Andean camelid |
LLAMA |
| Aries in astrology |
RAM |
| Assignment |
TASK |
| Baldwin and Guinness |
ACTORS |
| Baldwin or Guinness |
ALEC |
| Birthday candle counts |
AGES |
| Cats' rests |
NAPS |
| Cello opening |
FHOLE |
| Certain nest eggs, briefly |
IRAS |
| Colorfully named herb |
SAGE |
| Commerce Secretary Raimondo |
GINA |
| Damage a bit |
MAR |
| Deceitful statement |
LIE |
| Dig, as for ore |
MINE |
| Drink brewed from young leaves |
WHITETEA |
| Flapjack chain |
IHOP |
| Fluent in sign language, perhaps |
DEAF |
| Fringe benefit |
PERK |
| Giveaway |
FREEBIE |
| Grudgingly accept, as a loss |
EAT |
| Handyperson's letters |
DIY |
| Heightened fear |
ALARM |
| Hold a class |
TEACH |
| Hot spot in Iceland |
GEYSER |
| Insect in a cloud |
GNAT |
| Issue forth |
EMIT |
| It might uncovers a problem with this clue (... 5 to 9) |
GRAMMARCHECK |
| Key figures at the IRS? |
SSNS |
| Like a mechanical watch |
ANALOG |
| Like some whiskey |
IRISH |
