| "Whatever you say, honey" |
YESDEAR |
| "__ on my watch!" |
NOT |
| *Spends time in the gym |
WORKSOUT |
| *Times Square New Year's Eve custom |
BALLDROP |
| *Upscale eatery service for topper wearers |
HATCHECK |
| *When employment ends, formally |
EXITDATE |
| Aardvark's morsel |
ANT |
| ACLU issues |
RTS |
| Actor Stephen |
REA |
| Annual hoops player selection event |
NBADRAFT |
| Antiquated |
OLD |
| Appearance |
ASPECT |
| Asian priests |
LAMAS |
| Balance scale container |
PAN |
| Balanced conditions |
STASES |
| Biblical disciple |
APOSTLE |
| Big-time celeb |
ALISTER |
| Bloodshot |
RED |
| Blowup on the highway |
ROADRAGE |
| Broadway's Ethel |
MERMAN |
| Buck's partner |
DOE |
| Calf-length skirts |
MIDIS |
| CD follower |
ROM |
| Chaney of horror films |
LON |
| Cheese in some bagels |
ASIAGO |
| Cinque times due |
DIECI |
| Common flag symbol |
STAR |
| Courtroom figs |
DAS |
| Crosses (out) |
XES |
| Dispatched |
SENT |
| Driveway material |
TAR |
| Focus of modern-day surfing |
EGO |
| Freight weight |
TON |
| James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
FIREANDRAIN |
| Least cooked |
RAREST |
| Like new |
MINT |
| Like rosebushes |
THORNY |
| Like the sea when waves are crashing |
AROAR |
