| "Alley —" |
OOP |
| "Don't lose your head" |
BECOOL |
| "Hamilton" face-off |
DUEL |
| "I want some grub!" |
FEEDME |
| "La Cage aux Folles" actor Tognazzi |
UGO |
| "So yummy!" |
MMM |
| "Sort of" suffix |
ISH |
| "Sula" author Morrison |
TONI |
| "Tortilla Flat" co-star Hedy |
LAMARR |
| "Yeah, that's about right" |
PRETTYMUCH |
| 1950s-'70s legal drama |
PERRYMASON |
| Actor Idris |
ELBA |
| Actress Kosarin or skater Ivanova |
KIRA |
| African nation renamed in 1997 |
ZAIRE |
| Air Force officer Curtis |
LEMAY |
| Aircraft that can land on snow |
SKIPLANES |
| Airship type |
BLIMP |
| Algerian port |
ORAN |
| Amazement |
AWE |
| Ancient Andean |
INCA |
| And not |
NOR |
| Apiary buzzer |
BEE |
| Appropriate time to solve this puzzle? |
TENPM |
| As a result of |
DUETO |
| Athlete like Simone Biles |
GYMNAST |
| Auto racer Al |
UNSER |
| Baton-waving director |
MAESTRO |
| Be deemed acceptable |
PASSMUSTER |
| Besides that |
ALSO |
| Big Apple team, on scoreboards |
NYY |
| Big online brokerage |
ETRADE |
| Bisquick or Betty Crocker product |
PANCAKEMIX |
| BlackBerry, e.g., in brief |
PDA |
| Blunder |
ERR |
| Born as |
NEE |
| Brilliance of success |
ECLAT |
| Bus driver for Bart and Lisa |
OTTO |
| Buttigieg of Biden's Cabinet |
PETE |
| Capital of Turkey |
ANKARA |
| Chooses |
OPTS |
| Chou En- — |
LAI |
| City on the Rio Grande |
ELPASO |
| Close behind, as a dog |
ATHEEL |
| Clumsy sorts |
OAFS |
| Coup d'— |
ETAT |
| Dashboard fuel indicator |
GASGAUGE |
| Dessert named for soprano Nellie |
PEACHMELBA |
| Divan, e.g |
SOFA |
| Docs' gp |
AMA |
| Dojo activity |
KARATE |
| Dollar bill |
ONE |
| Earth orbiter |
MOON |
| Element with a 235 isotope |
URANIUM |
| Elvis — Presley |
ARON |
| Entraps |
SNARES |
| Epoch of the first horses |
EOCENE |
| Europe's "City of Light" |
PARIS |
| Evil being |
DEMON |
| Eyeliner flaw |
SMEAR |
| Fable writer |
AESOP |
| Fail to include |
OMIT |
| False name |
ANONYM |
| FDR follower |
HST |
| Female seal |
COW |
| Floor of a fireplace |
HEARTH |
| Fly like a kite |
SOAR |
| Following |
NEXT |
| Formerly, archaically |
ERST |
| Full of gloom |
DOUR |
| Genetic helix |
DNA |
| Go no further |
STOP |
| Govt. agent |
GMAN |
| Grass cutter with an engine |
POWERMOWER |
