| "What was __ do?" |
ITO |
| African desert |
SAHARA |
| Andes grazer |
ALPACA |
| Avoid |
ESCHEW |
| Ball shape |
SPHERE |
| Barely manage, with "by" |
SCRAPE |
| Barely managing, with "by" |
EKING |
| Bearing |
MIEN |
| Big initials in bowling |
AMF |
| Cereal grain |
OAT |
| Chess pieces |
MEN |
| Color suggesting anger |
RED |
| Counsel |
ADVISE |
| Does some self-grooming, as a bird |
PREENS |
| Done |
OVER |
| Drooling comics dog |
ODIE |
| Eminent leader? |
PRE |
| Emphasize |
STRESS |
| Enjoy Aspen |
SKI |
| Evaluate |
ASSESS |
| Expand, as a house |
ADDONTO |
| Extra |
SPARE |
| Fashionable group ... and what the starts of 18-, 21-, 38- and 52-Across form |
SMARTSET |
| Force (through), as legislation |
RAM |
| Fountain offerings |
SODAS |
| Friend of Pooh |
ROO |
| From the beginning |
ANEW |
| Gaming site whose machines originally took pennies |
ARCADE |
| Georgia summer hrs |
EDT |
| Gossip columnist Barrett |
RONA |
| High schooler, usually |
TEEN |
| Household, from the French |
MENAGE |
| Inside scoop |
INFO |
| Invite (to) |
ASK |
| Jumped |
LEAPED |
| Kentucky fort |
KNOX |
| Kitchen appliances |
RANGES |
| Let it slide |
LOOKTHEOTHERWAY |