| "For ___ sake!" |
PETES |
| "Oh, buzz off!" |
BITEME |
| "Pearl of the Black Sea" denizen |
ODESSAN |
| "That hits the spot!" |
AHH |
| "Uh-huh" |
YEP |
| "Weekend Update" co-host Colin |
JOST |
| *"My bad!" (In this clue's answer, note letters 4-5) |
THATSONME |
| ***"You've got my attention" (letters 1-3) |
IMALLEARS |
| ***Generosity (... letters 4-6) |
LARGESSE |
| **Pierces a hole in (... letters 5-9) |
PUNCTURES |
| **Some cubist paintings (... letters 1-3) |
PICASSOS |
| *Position once played by Derek Jeter (... letters 1-3) |
SHORTSTOP |
| Adobe graphics editor ... or when parsed differently, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
PHOTOSHOP |
| Advanced deg |
PHD |
| Arrival line? |
HEREWEARE |
| Artists' inspirations |
MUSES |
| Baby kangaroo |
JOEY |
| Behave like a tourist |
SIGHTSEE |
| Biblical garden |
EDEN |
| Bright Eyes frontman Oberst |
CONOR |
| Camera brand |
NIKON |
| Clucked in disapproval |
TSKED |
| Colander |
STRAINER |
| Confucian ideal |
TAO |
| Couple |
ITEM |
| Crops with altered DNA |
GMOS |
| Direct (to) |
REFER |
| Droop, as a flower |
WILT |
| Emphasize |
STRESS |
| Gobbles up |
EATS |
| Gold or iron source, in Minecraft |
ORE |
| High fortress |
CITADEL |
| Judge to be |
DEEM |
| Juliet's cry from the balcony |
OROMEO |
| Like a gossip columnist, maybe |
NOSY |
| Like a tortoise |
SLOW |
