| 'A Wrinkle in Time' protagonist |
MEG |
| 'Abbott Elementary' principal |
AVA |
| 'Can you expand on that?' |
SAYMORE |
| 'Come again?' |
HUH |
| 'Framing Agnes' actor Stephen |
IRA |
| 'The pieces are falling ___ place' |
INTO |
| 'Without further ___ . . .' |
ADO |
| '___ assured . . .' |
REST |
| A game of spades needs four |
PLAYERS |
| A pebble is a small one |
STONE |
| Ambulance personnel |
EMTS |
| Anagram of 14-Across |
CILANTRO |
| Anagram of 44-Across |
TARRAGON |
| Anagram of 5-Down |
PARSLEY |
| Anonymous |
UNNAMED |
| Backpack part |
STRAP |
| Bird enclosure |
CAGE |
| Brezhnev's country |
USSR |
| Broke out in a grin |
SMILED |
| Came and ___ |
WENT |
| Celeb with a large queer following |
GAYICON |
| Champion swimmer who said, 'I just want to show trans kids and younger trans athletes that they're not alone' |
LIATHOMAS |
| Church feature |
BELL |
| Church feature |
STEEPLE |
| Close-fitting hat |
CAP |
| Column's counterpart |
ROW |
| Comedian ___OnStage |
KEV |
| Course hidden in 'Wellesley' |
ESL |
| Crew |
ENTOURAGE |
| Dance related to candombe |
TANGO |
| Day, in Spanish |
DIA |
| Direction from Kenya to Uganda |
WEST |
| Dull impact sound |
THUD |
| Floor-swabbing tool |
MOP |
| Food with a Mississippi Delta variety |
TAMALES |
| Full of inner turmoil |
ANGSTY |
| Garland in Native Hawaiian culture |
LEI |