| "For sure!" |
YES |
| "Friends" actor LeBlanc |
MATT |
| "I thought work would never end!" |
WHATADAY |
| "if u ask me ..." |
IMHO |
| "Pretty please?" |
MAYI |
| "Steady as ___ goes" |
SHE |
| "Su-u-ure" |
IBET |
| "Sure, I guess" |
UMYEAH |
| "The Seven Year Itch" actress Monroe |
MARILYN |
| "What Was I Made For?" singer Billie |
EILISH |
| "Yikes, a mouse!" |
EEK |
| "___ and left no crumbs" (piece of Gen-Z slang) |
ATE |
| *Afternoon, in Paris |
APRESMIDI |
| *Calling your boss "Mom," for example |
FREUDIANSLIP |
| *Major change |
SEISMICSHIFT |
| Actress and civil rights activist Ruby |
DEE |
| Aristotle's teacher |
PLATO |
| Belches |
BURPS |
| Broadcasted |
AIRED |
| Certain nest eggs, for short |
IRAS |
| Comedy routines |
BITS |
| Dating app blurb |
BIO |
| Dragons breathe it |
FIRE |
| Drives too fast |
SPEEDS |
| Fencing blade |
SABER |
| Feud, informally |
BEEF |
| First Greek letter |
ALPHA |
| Fruit salad ingredient, usually |
MELON |
| Garlicky spread |
AIOLI |
| Genre for Killer Mike |
RAP |
| Harshly criticize ... and a hint to the starred clues' answers |
DRESSDOWN |
| Help |
AID |
| Hollywood dealmaker |
AGENT |
| Instrument for Ravi Shankar or Vilayat Khan |
SITAR |
| Is inclined (to) |
TENDS |
| Kitchen wrap brand |
SARAN |
| Leaf-collecting tool |
RAKE |
| Leaves out |
OMITS |
| Liverpool lavatory |
LOO |
| Love to pieces |
ADORE |
