| "Best in Show" animal |
DOG |
| "Bye Bye Bye" boy band |
NSYNC |
| "Hard pass" |
ITSANO |
| "Tag, __ it!" |
YOURE |
| "World of Dance" judge, to fans |
JLO |
| *Device that crushes pungent cloves |
GARLICPRESS |
| *Go swimming in one's birthday suit |
SKINNYDIP |
| *Perm style popular in the 1980s and early 1990s |
JHERICURL |
| *Very little, informally |
DIDDLYSQUAT |
| 1950s political monogram |
DDE |
| << on a remote: Abbr |
REW |
| Actress Anita of "La Dolce Vita" |
EKBERG |
| Apple AirPod, e.g |
EARBUD |
| Arouse, as interest |
PIQUE |
| Astronaut Ochoa who was the first Latina in space |
ELLEN |
| Author Rand |
AYN |
| Barrister's field |
LAW |
| Bear hands |
PAWS |
| Betting numbers |
ODDS |
| Bivalve in a bed |
OYSTER |
| Bookmarked link |
URL |
| Bungle |
MISDO |
| Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
WORKOUTINTHEEND |
| Constellation bear |
URSA |
| Distress call |
SOS |
| Domino dimple |
PIP |
| Drive-__ window |
THRU |
| Exactly right |
SPOTON |
| Flexible blackjack card |
ACE |
| Fund |
ENDOW |
| Golfer's gouge |
DIVOT |
| Hip-hop producer Gotti |
IRV |
| Hoppy brew letters |
IPA |
| Includes on an email |
CCS |
| Invite (to) |
ASK |
| Jackie O's son |
JFKJR |
| Journalist Katie who guest-hosted "Jeopardy!" in 2021 |
COURIC |
| Less of a mess |
NEATER |
| Letters accompanying college apps |
RECS |