| "Curses!" |
DRAT |
| "I Put a Spell on You" singer Simone |
NINA |
| "If Beale Street Could Talk" actor Colman |
DOMINGO |
| "Oh, be quiet!" |
SHUTIT |
| "Oh, be quiet!" |
HUSH |
| "Scandal" crisis manager Olivia |
POPE |
| "Video" singer India.__ |
ARIE |
| 401(k) alternative |
IRA |
| A third of a yard |
ONEFOOT |
| Abbr. in recipes |
TSP |
| Avoid elimination |
MAKETHECUT |
| Bit of advice |
TIP |
| Bitter enemy |
NEMESIS |
| Burden |
LOAD |
| Burnt __: barbecue delicacy |
ENDS |
| Capital of Norway |
OSLO |
| Cheek cosmetic |
BLUSH |
| Dressy accessory |
TIEBAR |
| Dubai's fed |
UAE |
| Fine specimen |
BEAUT |
| Fingernail part |
CUTICLE |
| Former name of the NBA's Thunder, informally |
SONICS |
| Fuzzy fruit |
KIWI |
| Get hot, in a way |
TREND |
| Get what's really going on |
KNOWTHESCORE |
| Go on |
ENDURE |
| Halfway between midnights |
NOON |
| Heart of the matter |
CRUX |
| Hereditary |
GENETIC |
| Highest point |
APEX |
| In a slump |
COLD |
| In the direction of |
TOWARD |
| In-transit figs |
ETAS |
| Knowing gesture |
WINK |
| Lacking slack |
TAUT |
| Ladder material |
ROPE |
| Largest member of the dolphin family |
ORCA |
| Lasagna ingredient |
RICOTTA |
| Layer on a stagnant pond |
SCUM |
| Line on a graph |
AXIS |
