| Kitten sound |
MEW |
| Lays on the praise |
GUSHES |
| Like a janitor's key ring |
JINGLY |
| Like echidnas and sea urchins |
SPINY |
| Loss of linguistic ability |
APHASIA |
| Messes up |
ERRS |
| Model Holliday |
TESS |
| Moo ___ pork |
SHU |
| Mount where Moses received the Ten Commandments |
SINAI |
| Nickname for Julius Erving |
DRJ |
| Number of Carolina states |
TWO |
| Pizza ___ (white pie) |
BIANCA |
| Place for a traveler to get pampered |
HOTELSPA |
| Prefix with "active" |
INTER |
| Psychological tricks |
MINDGAMES |
| Requiring lots of attention |
NEEDY |
| See 48-Across |
MARX |
| Shoe brand that inspired a 2023 film |
AIRJORDAN |
| Small |
TINY |
| Spanish mothers |
MADRES |
| Speedboat's trail |
WAKE |
| Spice blend whose name is Arabic for "head of the shop" |
RASELHANOUT |
| Topiary plant |
SHRUB |
| Tree juice |
SAP |
| Turned white |
PALED |
| U, to chemists |
URANIUM |
| Unsavory |
SEAMY |
| Wavy function |
SINE |
| Way to access a rock venue? |
MINESHAFT |
| Whimsically mischievous |
PUCKISH |
| Window shutter? |
ESCAPEKEY |
| With 33-Down, co-author of "The Communist Manifesto" |
KARL |
| Workout units |
REPS |
| Wyoming has nearly 63 million of them |
ACRES |
| ___-Caps |
SNO |
