| "... because you don't want to cross me" |
ORELSE |
| "I've been __!" |
HAD |
| "Moonlight" Oscar winner Mahershala |
ALI |
| "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |
THEVIBESAREOFF |
| "You're it!" |
TAG |
| *Black Friday slogan |
SAVEBIG |
| *Couple in the honeymoon phase |
LOVEBIRDS |
| *Film fanatic |
MOVIEBUFF |
| *Players who cover wide receivers |
DEFENSIVEBACKS |
| 18-Down units |
TROOPS |
| 2021 documentary about actor Kilmer |
VAL |
| Acrobat format |
PDF |
| Actor Neeson |
LIAM |
| Actress Shawkat |
ALIA |
| Approved |
OKAYED |
| Arctic Circle duck |
EIDER |
| Award related to a Tony |
OBIE |
| Birthplace of the violin |
ITALY |
| Block |
BAN |
| British Invasion adjective |
FAB |
| Burj Khalifa's fed |
UAE |
| Burmese or Lao |
ASIAN |
| Chimney ducts |
FLUES |
| Cribside chorus |
AWS |
| Cup of joe |
JAVA |
| Darjeeling, for one |
TEA |
| Degs. for ballerinas |
MFAS |
| Donkey |
ASS |
| Favorable optics, for short |
GOODPR |
| Fire, in Spanish |
FUEGO |
| Frog's kid-lit friend |
TOAD |
| Funds for a rainy day |
NESTEGG |
| Gay __ |
ICON |
| Go green, say? |
DYE |
| GQ or EW |
MAG |
| Greek war god |
ARES |
| Hawaiian island whose population was 84 in the 2020 census |
NIIHAU |
| Intense anger |
RAGE |