| "'___ the season ..." |
TIS |
| "Diary of a ___ Kid" |
WIMPY |
| "I'm all ears!"... or a tip for entering 17-, 26- or 43-Across |
LAYITONME |
| "Law & Order: SVU" actor |
ICET |
| "South Park" boy |
ERIC |
| '80s sitcom character from Melmac |
ALF |
| 1926 work by Langston Hughes |
ITOO |
| Boggy ground |
MIRE |
| Brewer's product |
ALE |
| Candied orange veggies |
YAMS |
| Carnival attraction |
RIDE |
| Ceiling |
LIMIT |
| Change for a ten |
FIVES |
| Chick's call |
CHIRP |
| Colorful and healthy dessert |
FRUMEDLEY |
| Come off as |
SEEM |
| Conscious and intentional recall of information |
EXPLICMEMORY |
| Deadlock |
IMPASSE |
| Eat away at |
ERODE |
| End of a parent's non-explanation |
ISAYSO |
| English horn's relative |
OBOE |
| Entertain |
AMUSE |
| Feathery accessory |
BOA |
| First-string athletes |
ATEAM |
| Founded: Abbr |
EST |
| French name that anagrams to "Leon" |
NOEL |
| Gather together |
AMASS |
| Gatherings for heads of state |
SUMMMEETINGS |
| Gold bar |
INGOT |
| Gossipy person |
YENTA |
| Hot under the collar |
ANGRY |
| Intelligent |
SMART |
| Jewish group on campus |
HILLEL |
| Johnny who voiced Rango |
DEPP |
| K-pop artist, to fans |
IDOL |
| Kitchenware brand |
OXO |
| Least complicated |
SIMPLEST |
| Letters that bookend "literal" |
ELS |
| Like a chimney sweep's uniform |
SOOTY |
