| "Barbaric" cry in Whitman's "Song of Myself" |
YAWP |
| "Cross my heart!" |
ISWEAR |
| "Death on the Nile" novelist Christie |
AGATHA |
| "Fiddlesticks!" |
RATS |
| "I __ see the humor here" |
FAILTO |
| "I'm handing this off now," and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
ITSALLYOU |
| "It's __-win situation" |
ANO |
| "Scram!" |
BUGOFF |
| "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" host Peter |
SAGAL |
| "__ sesame!" |
OPEN |
| *Busy stretch at a sandwich shop |
LUNCHRUSH |
| *Crumple, as notepaper filled with bad ideas |
SCRUNCHUP |
| *Fare that pairs well with beer |
PUBGRUB |
| *Source of bribe money, perhaps |
SLUSHFUND |
| *Ticket marketplace with a FanProtect Guarantee |
STUBHUB |
| Activation phrase for Apple's digital assistant |
HEYSIRI |
| Actress de Armas |
ANA |
| Actress Falco |
EDIE |
| Baker's fat |
LARD |
| Belfry critter |
BAT |
| Big shot, briefly |
VIP |
| Blood component |
PLASMA |
| Brief "If you ask me" |
IMO |
| Broadway offering |
MUSICAL |
| Butter portions |
PATS |
| Card game with an American Girl version |
UNO |
| Change genetically |
MUTATE |
| Clock readout |
TIME |
| College application part |
ESSAY |
| Colorado ski resort |
ASPEN |
| Composer known as the "Father of the Symphony" |
HAYDN |
| Connoisseur who likely scoffs at boxed Merlot |
WINESNOB |
| Departed |
LEFT |
| Disappointing fireworks |
DUDS |
| Dish |
PLATE |
| DNA test kit item |
SWAB |
| Eat like a bird |
PECKAT |
| Fancy Feast maker |
PURINA |
| Farmyard oinker |
PIG |
