| Las Vegas WNBA team |
ACES |
| Laura of "Big Little Lies" |
DERN |
| Love a lot |
ADORE |
| Main part of an essay |
BODY |
| Many OPEC meeting attendees |
ARABS |
| Massage spots |
SPAS |
| Meaning of "cha" in "matcha" |
TEA |
| Message such as "plz call me" |
TEXT |
| Momentary lack |
LAPSE |
| Oft-torn knee part: Abbr |
ACL |
| Paragons of unfairness |
LOADEDDICE |
| Person making Fluffy fluffy |
PETGROOMER |
| Peruvian capital |
LIMA |
| Play place with a kitchen |
PICKLEBALLCOURT |
| Promise |
PLEDGE |
| Reverse or drive |
GEAR |
| Serving between snacks |
MEAL |
| Shrewdly conducted exchange |
HORSETRADE |
| Singer whose name is often stylized with an exclamation mark |
PINK |
| Smallest Great Lake, by volume |
ERIE |
| Smell skunky |
STINK |
| Something to do when "it" counts |
HIDE |
| Stay for overtime pay, perhaps |
WORKLATE |
| Taken ___ |
ABACK |
| That guy's |
HIS |
| The "U" in UI |
USER |
| The Matterhorn or the Lagginhorn |
ALP |
| The NBA's Reggie Miller, e.g |
PACER |
| Total jerk |
ASS |
| Triage places: Abbr |
ERS |
| TV award |
EMMY |
| Up the ___ (raise the stakes) |
ANTE |
| Vetoed |
NIXED |
| Was tickled, perhaps |
HADALAUGH |
| Watch sound |
TICK |
| What a general admission ticket grants |
ENTRY |
| Woman living at the 90th parallel north |
MRSCLAUS |