| Location of Laos |
ASIA |
| Metaphorical urge |
ITCH |
| Monarch-related |
ROYAL |
| Morally correct |
ETHICAL |
| Move effortlessly |
GLIDE |
| One- or two-way communication device |
PAGER |
| Opposing vote |
NAY |
| Optimistic |
HOPEFUL |
| Part of a lamp |
CORD |
| Put together |
AGGREGATE |
| Sand mound |
DUNE |
| Scoring attempt |
SHOT |
| Serious play |
DRAMA |
| Snake that raids birds' nests |
EGGEATER |
| Snarling sound |
GRR |
| Some pages in magazines |
ADS |
| Some sodas |
COLAS |
| Sonic the Hedgehog company |
SEGA |
| Space in a schedule |
SLOT |
| Spanish for 'for' |
POR |
| Speak to |
ADDRESS |
| Sports betting numbers |
ODDS |
| Standing ___ |
OVATION |
| Stat that's very low for gender-affirming surgeries |
REGRETRATE |
| Swimwear brand |
SPEEDO |
| Talking back to |
SASSING |
| Tenochtitlan, ___ Empire |
AZTEC |
| Terrible, soulless person |
GHOUL |
| The 'house' in curling, for example |
TARGETAREA |
| Tools for weeding |
HOES |
| TV show with a 'Grilled Cheesus' episode |
GLEE |
| Uncommon |
RARE |
| White wading bird |
EGRET |
| Word before 'peace' or 'monologue' |
INNER |
| Word whose letters are used to spell this puzzle's five longest answers |
GREAT |
| Your and my |
OUR |
| ___ de parfum |
EAU |
| ___ lamp |
LAVA |