| "Back in Black" band |
ACDC |
| "Bark for me!" |
SPEAK |
| "Dancing With the Stars" winner Ohno |
APOLO |
| "Death Be Not Proud" poet, and an anagram of "no end" |
DONNE |
| "Ha, karma strikes again!" |
OHTHEIRONY |
| "Neato!" |
SWELL |
| "Say what?" |
HUH |
| "Silly me!" |
DOH |
| "Ta-ta!" |
SEEYA |
| "Well, duh!" |
OBVI |
| *"Sure, why not?!" |
MAYA |
| *Clustering (around) |
CROW |
| *Colluding |
INCA |
| *Exit stealthily |
CREE |
| Actress Dennings of "WandaVision" |
KAT |
| Attempt |
SHOT |
| Before now |
AGO |
| Belted constellation |
ORION |
| Benjamin Franklin allegedly flew one |
KITE |
| Berliner's cry |
ACH |
| Bit of headway |
INROAD |
| British granny |
NAN |
| Burning crime |
ARSON |
| Chasm between peoples ... and what each starred clue's answer "bridges" by leaping over a black square |
CULTUREGAP |
| City voting districts |
WARDS |
| Deer who is Thumper's friend |
BAMBI |
| Diet heavy on the meats |
PALEO |
| Dry as a desert |
ARID |
| Echo voice |
ALEXA |
| Either side of a Mad magazine battle |
SPY |
| Enjoying solitude, say |
ALONE |
| Eve's partner |
ADAM |
| Fisher of "Eighth Grade" |
ELSIE |
| Floral brew |
ROSETEA |
| Gallon or gram |
UNIT |
| Goat sound |
MAA |
| Golf ball supports |
TEES |
| Greed |
AVARICE |
| Hit from the 1960s, say |
OLDIE |
| Joint in the arm |
ELBOW |