| It's meant to be |
KISMET |
| King who rebuilt the Second Temple in Jerusalem |
HEROD |
| Like some peanut butter |
SMOOTH |
| Like some puddles in winter |
SLUSHY |
| Logical |
ANALYTIC |
| Loved ones, for short |
FAM |
| Makes a selection |
OPTS |
| Mental capacity |
BANDWIDTH |
| Mopey music genre |
EMO |
| New Mexico's neighbor to the east, briefly |
TEX |
| Norse god of thunder |
THOR |
| Not entirely: Suffix |
ISH |
| Oktoberfest mug |
STEIN |
| Parking place |
LOT |
| Part of A.D |
ANNO |
| Pet adoption org |
ASPCA |
| Poet who was Ada Lovelace's dad |
BYRON |
| Politician Buttigieg |
PETE |
| Pooch |
DOGGO |
| Prepared, as butter for popcorn |
MELTED |
| Printing resolution: Abbr |
DPI |
| Racy writing |
SMUT |
| Really fantastic |
GANGBUSTERS |
| Snag in the plans |
HITCH |
| Squad |
POSSE |
| Texting abbr. hidden in "zero to hero" |
OTOH |
| Thailand, once |
SIAM |
| They know what's cooking |
CHEFS |
| Tie together with twine, maybe |
BIND |
| Tribe for which a Western state is named |
UTE |
| U-turn from NNW |
SSE |
| Uber- |
ULTRA |
| Veggie that may be split or sweet |
PEA |
| Vehicle that makes a lot of stops |
BUS |
| Visionary? |
OPTIC |
| Voting group |
BLOC |
| West Coast winter hrs |
PST |
| Winter fabric |
WOOL |