| “At Last” singer James |
ETTA |
| “Don’t worry about me” |
IMOK |
| “Fancy” rapper Iggy |
AZALEA |
| “Get lost!” (or advice carried out by 18-, 24-, 39- and 50-Across) |
TAKEAHIKE |
| “Life is ___ of roses” |
ABED |
| “Sicko Mode” rapper Travis |
SCOTT |
| Agitate |
STIR |
| Andrea Bocelli, for one |
TENOR |
| Before, to Shakespeare |
ERE |
| Bitter brew, for short |
IPA |
| Black-and-white whale |
ORCA |
| Border |
EDGE |
| Brewer’s supply |
MALT |
| Cara who sang “Fame” |
IRENE |
| Cello’s cousin |
VIOLA |
| Chicken nugget shape for kids |
DINO |
| Chicken of the Sea product |
TUNA |
| Collie or cockapoo |
DOG |
| Comment to the audience |
ASIDE |
| Coyotes, on NHL scoreboards |
ARI |
| Declare untrue |
DENY |
| Deep chasm |
ABYSS |
| Delivery that can’t be returned to sender? |
ACE |
| Deplete |
USEUP |
| Digit repeated in a googol |
ZERO |
| Display of one’s very best |
PEAKPERFORMANCE |
| Dove call |
COO |
| Earning the booby prize, maybe |
WORST |
| Final inning, usually |
NINTH |
| Garr of “Tootsie” |
TERI |
| George Orwell or George Eliot, e.g |
ALIAS |
| Go off script |
ADLIB |
| Gossipy sort |
YENTA |
| Gumbo veggie |
OKRA |
| Historic 6,000-mile retreat by the Red Army in the 1930s |
LONGMARCH |
| Historical period |
ERA |
| Hormel product |
SPAM |
| Jail, in slang |
POKEY |
| Keen |
AVID |