| Journalist ___ B. Wells |
IDA |
| Karaoke singer's liability |
TINEAR |
| Kit ___ (candy bar) |
KAT |
| Laces again |
RETIES |
| Like 24-karat gold |
PURE |
| Makes changes to |
EDITS |
| Neighbors of radii |
ULNAE |
| Nix |
VETO |
| No, in the Senate |
NAY |
| Not so much |
LESS |
| Offer to a hitchhiker |
GETIN |
| Pequod, for Captain Ahab |
SHIP |
| Pitcher's stat |
ERA |
| Place to be pampered |
SPA |
| Poked holes in, as soil |
AERATED |
| Pop like a bubble |
BURST |
| Procure |
OBTAIN |
| Puccini work |
OPERA |
| Rainbow goddess, or a flower |
IRIS |
| Rant and rave in public, or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across do |
MAKEASCENE |
| Selfless ballers |
TEAMPLAYERS |
| Settle a debt with |
REPAY |
| Shakespeare's river |
AVON |
| Showy shrub |
AZALEA |
| Sitting at a stop sign, say |
INIDLE |
| Succumb to gravity |
SAG |
| Taj Mahal's city |
AGRA |
| The "me" in "Despicable Me" |
GRU |
| They're drawn in conflict |
BATTLELINES |
| Throw back tequilas, say |
DOSHOTS |
| Tinder, for one |
APP |
| U.S. leader |
PREZ |
| UCLA athlete |
BRUIN |
| Union station? |
CHAPEL |
| Upper lip hair, for short |
STACHE |
| Whale variety |
SPERM |
| When a future butterfly is in a chrysalis |
PUPALSTAGE |
| Youngster who may love Olivia Rodrigo |
TWEEN |
| ___ of the Apostles |
ACTS |
