| Lack of engagement |
BOREDOM |
| Lawn material |
SOD |
| Lemonlike fruit |
CITRON |
| Like the consonants "t" and "d" |
ALVEOLAR |
| Lines of notes |
STAFF |
| Linguistic unit |
PHONEME |
| Loyalty that's pledged |
TROTH |
| Makes a choice |
OPTS |
| More wacky |
SILLIER |
| Move shakily |
DODDER |
| Much of a delivery person's income |
TIPS |
| Nail polish brand |
OPI |
| Name that's 6-Down backward |
ELI |
| Neighbors of exclamation marks |
ONES |
| Nickel found in a pocket, say |
ORE |
| Not against the rules |
ALLOWED |
| One of the Blues Brothers |
ELWOOD |
| Opposite of 'neath |
OER |
| Org. that sets permissible exposure limits |
OSHA |
| Organic energy compound, for short |
ATP |
| P.R. consultant on "Ted Lasso" |
KEELEY |
| Part of a cold compress |
ICE |
| Physicist Newton |
ISAAC |
| Pink pad on a paw, in slang |
TOEBEAN |
| Prearranged |
SET |
| Prefix with -lithic |
NEO |
| Question from the befuddled |
HOW |
| Question regarding a mic |
ISITON |
| Records request inits |
FOIA |
| Regarding |
ASFOR |
| Rococo painter of "Allegory of the Planets and Continents" |
TIEPOLO |
| Rolled one's r's, say |
TRILLED |
| Roly-poly, scientifically |
ISOPOD |
| Ross Perot founded it in 1995 |
REFORMPARTY |
| Rowing machine, informally |
ERG |
| Save it for a rainy day! |
TARP |
| Scott who sued for his freedom |
DRED |
| Showed off one's pipes |
SANG |
| Sight line? |
OHLOOK |
| Something's essential aspect ... or what's spelled out by letters in this puzzle's eight "cups" |
NAMEOFTHEGAME |
| Sports fan's cheer |
OLE |
| Sports fan's cheer |
RAH |
| Starfleet weapon |
PHASER |
| Start of a simple request |
ALLIASK |
| Start playing for pay |
GOPRO |
| Stuffed one's face |
ATEALOT |
| Suffix with official |
ESE |
| Super |
HIGHLY |
| Syrian city with a historic citadel |
ALEPPO |
| The Lord, in the Hebrew Bible |
ADONAI |
| They cast lots |
RODS |
| They might be pregnant |
PAUSES |
| U.K. award bestowed by the queen |
OBE |
| Universal Human Rights Mo |
DEC |
| Utah's state flower |
SEGO |
| Warm-up act |
OPENER |
| West Coast news inits |
LAT |
| What "10" can mean |
OCTOBER |
| Worker's "on vacation" inits |
OOO |
| Zoo animal whose name rhymes with "zoo" |
GNU |
| ___ history |
ORAL |
| ___ K. Smith, poet who won a Pulitzer for "Life on Mars" |
TRACY |
| ___ lodge |
MASONIC |
| ___ torte (Austrian cake) |
SACHER |