| Lead-in to sine, cosine or tangent |
ARC |
| Lighten (up) |
EASE |
| Line at a theater, maybe |
ASIDE |
| Long-running animated TV role that hasn't had a speaking appearance since 2017 |
APU |
| Name found in 'ingredient' |
EDIE |
| Palindromic honorific |
MAAM |
| Palindromic staple in Indian cuisine |
ATTA |
| Peaks |
CRESTS |
| Physicist who invented the electric battery |
VOLTA |
| Places for squatters |
GYMS |
| Ponder, with 'over' |
BROOD |
| Program extra |
INSERT |
| Purposes |
USES |
| Qualify |
ENTITLE |
| Recipient of some donation requests, informally |
ALUM |
| Remedy for a sore throat |
TEA |
| Salt-N-___ ('Let's Talk About Sex' group) |
PEPA |
| Sample |
TRY |
| Scary thing to ask for, maybe |
RAISE |
| Shade provider |
VISOR |
| Shake up |
JAR |
| Sign of ripeness, perhaps |
ODOR |
| Simu ___, portrayer of Shang-Chi in the Marvel Universe |
LIU |
| Sites of many revolutions |
SOLARSYSTEMS |
| Some Eastern Europeans |
SERBS |
| Sounds at a poetry slam |
SNAPS |
| Speech that ends sentences with rising tones |
UPTALK |
| Stick with it |
GLUE |
| Subject of some medical research ... or a description of this puzzle's theme? |
STEMCELLS |
| Supply |
STORE |
| Tennis champ Raducanu |
EMMA |
| They're good to know |
INS |
| Waved the white flag |
GAVEUP |
| Whiffs |
ERRS |
| Whom so-called 'Swifties' are fans of |
TAYLOR |
| Young farm animal |
COLT |
| ___ Records, division of Sony |
RCA |
| ___ tart (Chinese custard pastry) |
EGG |
