| "... the __ of defeat": "Wide World of Sports" phrase |
AGONY |
| "Black Panther" director Coogler |
RYAN |
| "Death on the Nile" actress Gadot |
GAL |
| "Fresh Air" airer |
NPR |
| "I understand now!" |
AHA |
| "Sorry, rules __ rules" |
ARE |
| "Why does this keep happening!?" |
NOTAGAIN |
| *Courtroom hotshot |
LEGALEAGLE |
| *Cowardly type |
SCAREDYCAT |
| *George Plimpton football memoir set in Detroit |
PAPERLION |
| *Informer |
STOOLPIGEON |
| 1980s president Ronald |
REAGAN |
| Asanas found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
YOGAPOSES |
| Bagel topper |
LOX |
| Big Apple paper, for short |
NYT |
| Birthday present |
GIFT |
| Bite hard |
CHOMP |
| Boxer who said, "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" |
ALI |
| Caribou cousin |
ELK |
| Chiding syllable |
TSK |
| Chum |
PAL |
| Commodity sold abroad |
EXPORT |
| Commotion |
ADO |
| Corp. shake-up |
REORG |
| D.C. fundraising org |
PAC |
| D.C. stadium |
RFK |
| Dizzying designs |
OPART |
| Dove's sound |
COO |
| El Pollo __: southwestern restaurant chain |
LOCO |
| Excite, with "up" |
AMP |
| Flight part |
STAIR |
| Fruit-hitting-the-floor sound |
SPLAT |
| Garden of Eden creature |
SERPENT |
| Glorify |
EXALT |
| Hiking sites |
TRAILS |
| House pest |
ANT |
| Human being |
PERSON |
| Inverse trig function |
ARCSINE |
