| Great Basin native |
UTE |
| Greek islander |
CRETAN |
| Happy cry |
YAY |
| Hubs: Abbr |
CTRS |
| Is past? |
WAS |
| Isr. neighbor |
SYR |
| Japanese "thank you" |
ARIGATO |
| Light lunch |
SALAD |
| Like a phenom's rise to stardom |
METEORIC |
| Media-monitoring org |
FCC |
| Metaphor for no-longer-relevant history |
ASHHEAP |
| Mideast dignitary |
EMIR |
| Mined resource |
ORE |
| Mix |
BLEND |
| Mormon initials |
LDS |
| Much of nursery school |
PLAYTIME |
| New York prison in 1971 headlines |
ATTICA |
| No longer working |
RETIRED |
| Of France |
GALLIC |
| Olympics participant |
ATHLETE |
| Operating mindlessly |
ONAUTO |
| Oxen harnesses |
YOKES |
| Placeholder abbr |
TBA |
| Pledge |
OATH |
| Poetic possessive |
THY |
| Sang some high notes? |
YODELED |
| Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
PHASER |
| Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
RAYGUN |
| Sorta |
ISH |
| Sound from a fold |
BAA |
| Spy of kid-lit fame |
HARRIET |
| Steamed bun in Asian cuisine |
BAO |
| Stone for a Libra |
OPAL |
| Surgical tool |
SCALPEL |
| Towel holder |
ROD |
| Venomous snake |
ADDER |
| Walk in the park, maybe |
HIKE |
| Wide gap |
GULF |
| Zero |
NOTONE |