| "Well ... I'll pass" |
UMNO |
| 2010s Best Picture winner set in Tehran |
ARGO |
| A bit strange |
ODD |
| A Great Lake |
HURON |
| Action figure that inspired a movie series |
GIJOE |
| Actress Dickinson or Harmon |
ANGIE |
| Add up |
SUM |
| Affliction treated by VA clinics |
PTSD |
| Apply lightly |
DABON |
| Athletes with other jobs, perhaps |
SEMIPROS |
| Beginning to see a point, informally |
COMINGROUND |
| British singer Rita |
ORA |
| Burden |
ONUS |
| Butter bit |
PAT |
| Came in first |
WON |
| Cheap, in branding |
ECONO |
| Chocolate confections |
BONBONS |
| City near Phoenix |
MESA |
| Collect, as accolades |
GARNER |
| Cookie in a certain DQ Blizzard |
OREO |
| Crystal ball, e.g |
ORB |
| Currently occupied |
INUSE |
| Decorates for showings |
STAGES |
| Director Brooks |
MEL |
| Dispensary liquid |
CANNABISOIL |
| Edit dishonestly |
DOCTOR |
| Enlarging, as a hole |
REAMING |
| Female gametes |
OVA |
| First light |
DAWN |
| Fish in the herring family |
SHAD |
| Fish such as a steelhead |
TROUT |
| Good name for a cribbage player? |
PEG |
| Health org. based in Atlanta |
CDC |
| High point |
ACME |
| High woodwind |
OBOE |
| Hoax |
SHAM |
| Humble ... or a hint regarding the last 4-6 letters of 26-, 27- and 29-Down |
DOWNTOEARTH |
| Investigates |
DIGS |
| Leaf-peeping season |
AUTUMN |