| “And don’t forget that Mideast peninsula”? |
PLUSSINAI |
| “Aw, shoot!” |
NUTS |
| “Live free or die,” e.g |
MOTTO |
| “Medic! Medic!” |
IMHIT |
| “Numero Zero” author |
ECO |
| “Pronto!” |
ASAP |
| “Race Matters” writer Cornel |
WEST |
| “She Walks in Beauty” poet |
BYRON |
| “Told you so!” sayer, e.g |
GLOATER |
| “U slay me!” |
LOL |
| “What ___?” |
ELSE |
| About 18% of all people |
CHINESE |
| Alternative to Home Depot |
LOWES |
| Angel’s antithesis |
BRAT |
| Applied in a slapdash manner |
DAUBED |
| Apt sportscast nickname for quarterback Manning after a monster game? |
ELECTRICELI |
| Ashore |
ONLAND |
| Bear Bryant’s bailiwick |
ALABAMA |
| Big name in streaming |
ROKU |
| Bikini event, for short |
ATEST |
| Bird blew it |
SAX |
| Board game with stones |
MANCALA |
| Camp sights, briefly |
RVS |
| Cardio program popularized in the 1990s |
TAEBO |
| Cat-___-tails |
ONINE |
| Charges for a tutor |
MENTEES |
| Cherokee Strip city |
ENID |
| CIA forerunner |
OSS |
| Clarification lead-in |
IMEAN |
| Club flashers |
STROBES |
| Clutter |
MESS |
| Column that’s slanted |
OPED |
| Comet et al |
CLEANSERS |
| Complete failure |
BUST |
| Conscientious objector, maybe? |
SOLDIERANTI |
| Coward in a library |
NOEL |
| Darkroom liquid for lessening darkness |
REDUCER |
| Deeply disturbing experience |
TRAUMA |
| Demand shouted during a blackout at a French tourist site? |
LIGHTVERSAILLES |
| Diamond choice |
SHIELDCUT |
| Dragon roll fish |
UNAGI |
| Eldest of the von Trapp children |
LIESL |
| Emphasize, in a way |
UNDERLINE |
| Esoteric |
ARCANE |
| Exponent’s indication |
POWER |
| Extremely |
ULTRA |
| Fabled writer? |
AESOP |
| Fairy tale fiends |
OGRES |
| Farsi speaker |
IRANI |
| First name in cosmetics |
ESTEE |
| Forays |
RAIDS |
| Formerly called |
NEE |
| Fundraising target, often |
ALUM |
| Gave the once-over |
EYED |
| Go off course |
ERR |
| Greet warmly |
SMILEAT |
| Group for 78-Across |
HMO |
| Hammer or anvil, e.g |
BONE |
| Hospital VIPs |
MDS |
| House work, of a sort |
HEARINGS |
| Hover ominously |
LOOM |
| How a barmaid should reach the table, having not spilled a drop? |
WITHALLYOURMAITAI |
| Injudicious |
RASH |
| It follows printemps |
ETE |
| Kerfuffle |
STIR |
| Kicked off |
BEGAN |
| Laughing at, maybe |
AMUSEDBY |
| Like playing hooky when singer Stubbs refuses to? |
ABSENTWITHOUTLEVI |
| Like the “Game of Thrones” pilot |
UNAIRED |
| Lingerie buy |
BRA |
