| Hollywood legend Sidney |
POITIER |
| Impervious |
IMMUNE |
| Ink |
TATS |
| Inquire |
ASK |
| Lipstick type |
MATTE |
| Loki, for example |
BIICON |
| Magazine whose March/April 2022 cover featured Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts |
ESSENCE |
| Make a tear in |
RIP |
| Not a good fit for the part |
MISCAST |
| One of the five basic tastes |
BITTER |
| Part of a train track |
RAIL |
| People from Brixton or Bristol |
BRITS |
| Physicians (Abbr.) |
DRS |
| Poetic homage |
ODE |
| Probable |
LIKELY |
| Publicly queer |
OUT |
| Recites in order |
LISTS |
| Rejected |
DENIED |
| Restore to default conditions |
RESET |
| Ribbon garments |
SKIRTS |
| Sci-fi passageways |
PORTALS |
| Singing voice below soprano |
ALTO |
| Sludgy soak |
MUDBATH |
| Spark, like a controversy |
IGNITE |
| Sports team execs |
GMS |
| Statue material |
STONE |
| Stir-fried rice cake dish |
TTEOKBOKKI |
| Suffix that sounds like 63-Across |
ESE |
| Sweetie |
HON |
| Taken without permission |
STOLEN |
| Telfar product |
HANDBAG |
| Top-tier |
ELITE |
| Unforthcoming |
COY |
| Water vapor |
STEAM |
| Where the Black Panther Party was founded |
OAKLAND |
| Who said 'True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar,' for short |
MLK |
| Yogurt addition |
GRANOLA |
| ___ out (distribute) |
METE |
| ___-Ball |
SKEE |
