| "Don't bet ___!" |
ONIT |
| "It's good to be me, right?" (In this answer, note letters 8-10) |
HOWLUCKYAMI |
| "Right away!" |
ASAP |
| "Yo!" |
HIYA |
| "You ___ thing!" |
POOR |
| "___ I say more?" |
NEED |
| Authentic, in slang |
LEGIT |
| Baked ___ (pasta dish) |
ZITI |
| Better protected |
SAFER |
| Birthday candle count |
AGE |
| Bring up publicly, as problematic behavior |
CALLOUT |
| Canned albacore option (... letters 7-10) |
BUMBLEBEETUNA |
| Cap worn on the slopes |
SKIHAT |
| Cat's joyful sound |
PURR |
| Caterer's coffeepot |
URN |
| Churn |
ROIL |
| Class you'll surely pass |
EASYA |
| Conceptual artist Ono |
YOKO |
| Crypto art initialism |
NFT |
| Disco ___ ("Simpsons" character) |
STU |
| Dream state: Abbr |
REM |
| Early PC maker |
IBM |
| End of the NATO alphabet |
ZULU |
| Finger joint |
KNUCKLE |
| First chip in the poker pot |
ANTE |
| Free-for-all |
MELEE |
| Gave the thumbs-up to |
OKED |
| Gets quieter, as a song |
FADES |
| Gibbon or gorilla |
APE |
| Grp. that entertains troops |
USO |
| Havana's land |
CUBA |
| Hawk's dwelling |
AERIE |
| Impulsive desire |
URGE |
| In the center of |
AMID |
| Inquires |
ASKS |
| Insect that goes marching, in a children's song |
ANT |
| Iridescent gemstone |
OPAL |
| It uses only 1s and 0s |
BINARYCODE |
| Korean car named for a Hawaiian district (... letters 5-10) |
HYUNDAIKONA |
