| Grocery payment option: Abbr |
EBT |
| Hathaway or Heche |
ANNE |
| Heaps of, casually |
LOTSA |
| Hot dog handlers |
TONGS |
| It covers current events (... first 2 letters + last 2) |
NEWSSTATION |
| LGBTQ+ book genre |
GAYLIT |
| Liability on a lapel |
HOTMIC |
| Long-eared hoppers |
HARES |
| Mechanical learning method |
ROTE |
| Mountain ___ (soda) |
DEW |
| N.Y. baseball mascot with a ponytail |
MRSMET |
| Nile reptiles |
ASPS |
| Observe |
SEE |
| One may trail a superhero |
CAPE |
| Org. investigating outbreaks |
CDC |
| Parts of a day, briefly |
HRS |
| Peak popularity |
HEYDAY |
| Personal day, maybe |
METIME |
| Personal ID |
SSN |
| Piece of candy with a wintry name |
SNOCAP |
| Poker stake |
ANTE |
| Rams' home (... first 2 letters + last 4) |
SOFISTADIUM |
| Ref. whose 2022 word of the year was "goblin mode" |
OED |
| Reluctant |
LOATH |
| Rock ___ boat |
THE |
| Rumors, in slang |
GOSS |
| Safari sound |
ROAR |
| Shirt that may be upcycled into a quilt |
TEE |
| Small yet vocal subgroup, or a theme hint |
FRINGEELEMENT |
| Song of the summer, maybe (... first letter + last 5 letters) |
CHARTTOPPER |
| Swordfish relative |
MARLIN |
| Taste or smell |
SENSE |
| The color of money |
GREEN |
| Trolley noise |
CLANG |
| Ventures |
FORAYS |
| What a great song does, in slang |
SLAPS |
| What makes dough rise |
YEAST |
| Whirled |
SPUN |