| Level |
STATUS |
| Locale of van Gogh's 'The Bedroom' paintings |
ARLES |
| Meme creature |
LOLCAT |
| Minimal |
MEREST |
| N.S.A. surveillance program that shares its name with an entity in the 'Terminator' movies |
SKYNET |
| Narragansett Bay and New York Harbor, for two |
RIAS |
| Not learned |
INNATE |
| Numbers after a no |
EXT |
| One getting schooled |
MENTEE |
| Ones calling the shots, in brief? |
MDS |
| Permit required of old jazz musicians |
CABARETCARD |
| Popular |
BIG |
| Potter's product |
VASE |
| Preoccupations |
HOBBYHORSES |
| Risk for people with braces |
CANDY |
| Routine |
ACT |
| Rushed |
INAHURRY |
| Seconds |
AIDES |
| She played Bonnie in 1967's 'Bonnie and Clyde' |
FAYE |
| Skeptical look |
SIDEEYE |
| Supposed subject of Taylor Swift's 'Dear John' |
MAYER |
| Swish miss? |
RIM |
| Takes a little hair off, perhaps |
SINGES |
| The anchorman in 'Anchorman' |
RON |
| Theater backers? |
SCRIMS |
| They come full circle |
CLOSEDLOOPS |
| Uncanny |
EERIE |
| Very much in |
HOT |
| Weariness, vice and want, in Voltaire's 'Candide' |
EVILS |
| Where most of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci are stored |
MILAN |
| Word after good or by |
GOLLY |
| Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters |
EMCEE |
| ___ Ehrenreich, Han Solo's portrayer in 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' |
ALDEN |