| Like some pears or elephants |
ASIAN |
| Like spoken exams |
ORAL |
| Long sandwich |
HERO |
| Long-eared hopper |
HARE |
| Lose energy |
TIRE |
| Made noise on a dairy farm |
MOOED |
| Massachusetts vacation spot |
CAPECOD |
| Mention in a footnote |
CITE |
| Motor cycles? |
EBIKES |
| Mucked up |
ERRED |
| Neighborhood |
AREA |
| Newspaper staffers, for short |
EDS |
| One of three on some stools |
LEG |
| One strives to be unflappable |
STOIC |
| Party container with a mix of small items |
GRABBAG |
| Pomeranian or pug |
TOY |
| Practice exercise for a seismic event, and a hint to the starts of the starred clues' answers |
EARTHQUAKEDRILL |
| Prom queen's attire |
DRESS |
| Rapper whose name sounds like a piece of candy |
EMINEM |
| Secret scheme |
PLOT |
| Self-referential |
META |
| Shed, as feathers |
MOLT |
| Simplicity |
EASE |
| Spot on a bus |
SEAT |
| Summer zodiac sign |
LEO |
| Sunglasses, informally |
SHADES |
| Texter's qualifier |
IMO |
| The whole kit and caboodle |
ATOZ |
| Tidal retreat |
EBB |
| Timely help |
BOON |
| Tostada alternative |
TACO |
| Wander |
ROAM |
| Washing machine cycle |
RINSE |
| Website with thousands of casts |
IMDB |
| What a donated item still has |
USE |
| What you hear |
SOUND |
| Wise one in "Star Wars" |
YODA |
| ___ Beta Kappa |
PHI |