| "Call Me by Your Name" name |
ELIO |
| "Love Train" group, with "The" |
OJAYS |
| "Rocky III" actor with a mohawk |
MRT |
| "Science Guy" Bill |
NYE |
| *Bureaucratic obstacle to environmental projects |
GREENTAPE |
| *Extreme winter-weather event |
BOMBCYCLONE |
| *Nickname for a Mozart work in C major |
JUPITERSYMPHONY |
| *Writer of the 2023 legal thriller "The Exchange" |
JOHNGRISHAM |
| Abbr. on old phones |
OPER |
| Actor Daniel __ Kim |
DAE |
| Aspirations |
DREAMS |
| Before, in verse |
ERE |
| Behind closed doors |
INSECRET |
| Blackjack card |
ACE |
| Boise's state |
IDAHO |
| Boxing legend Archie |
MOORE |
| Butcher's garment |
APRON |
| Caustic chemical |
LYE |
| Caustic chemical |
ACID |
| Cereal grain |
OATS |
| Charged particle |
ION |
| Chocolate substitute |
CAROB |
| Church song |
HYMN |
| Comfy attire that's rarely worn out? |
PJS |
| Contractor's fig |
EST |
| Convention |
NORM |
| Couple of magazines? |
ITEM |
| D.C. MLB team |
NATS |
| Daffy or Bugs |
TOON |
| Dead end? |
DEE |
| Declined, with "out" |
OPTED |
| Dishwashing brand used to clean animals after oil spills |
DAWN |
| Dolly Parton hit |
JOLENE |
| Female lobsters |
HENS |
| Fielding of "The Great British Bake Off" |
NOEL |
| Former "CNN Newsroom" anchor Barnett |
ERROL |
| Future soph |
FROSH |
| Geological spans |
EONS |
| Go bad |
ROT |