| "Barbie" actress Rae |
ISSA |
| "Be calm!" |
RELAX |
| "Ciao!" |
TATA |
| "Come Away With Me" singer Jones |
NORAH |
| "Dear ___ Hansen" |
EVAN |
| "Funny!" |
HAHA |
| "I'm very grateful," in a text |
TYSM |
| "Star Trek" officer |
UHURA |
| "The Bear" actress Edebiri |
AYO |
| "We almost had it!" |
SOCLOSEYETSOFAR |
| 17-Across company based in Missouri (not Texas!) |
ALAMO |
| Aerodynamic |
SLEEK |
| Airplane seat with easy bathroom access |
AISLE |
| Ancient date letters |
BCE |
| Artificial bronze sources |
SPRAYTANS |
| Bank deposit? |
SILT |
| Biblical boat with a life-size model in Williamstown, Ky |
ARK |
| Body's trunk |
TORSO |
| British royal hailed as a gay icon |
PRINCESSDI |
| City known for Cajun cuisine, for short |
NOLA |
| Cleaning ___ (Airbnb charge) |
FEE |
| Clenched hand |
FIST |
| Comedian's forte |
HUMOR |
| Dubious, colloquially |
SUS |
| Eagle's nest |
AERIE |
| Earth-related prefix |
GEO |
| Econ class focusing on broad trends |
MACRO |
| Egyptian queen's nickname |
CLEO |
| Evil spirit |
DEMON |
| Exciting promo |
TEASERAD |
| Feels unwell |
AILS |
| Flirtatious emoticons |
WINKYFACES |
| Formally change |
AMEND |
| Freetown, Sierra ___ |
LEONE |
| Georgetown athlete, and an anagram of a sailor's greeting |
HOYA |
| Getting continuously worse |
INASPIRAL |
| Grad |
ALUM |