| "A little support, please!" |
HELPMEOUT |
| "At Last" singer James |
ETTA |
| "Certainly, Sergeant" |
YESMAAM |
| "Disgusting!" |
EWW |
| "Hi, sailor!" |
AHOY |
| "How I ___ Your Mother" |
MET |
| "NCIS: Origins" channel |
CBS |
| "No bid" |
IPASS |
| "Please tell me you saved" |
UHOH |
| "That's impossible for me!" |
ICANT |
| "The People's Diva" Fleming |
RENEE |
| "We're ___ for each other!" |
MEANT |
| *Not get hung up on (... letters 4-2) |
SEEBEYOND |
| *Sneaks off (In this answer, note letters 7-4) |
SLIPSAWAY |
| *Taken by surprise, in a way (... letters 8-6) |
CAUGHTNAPPING |
| 6,592,850 square miles, for Russia |
AREA |
| An ___ and a leg |
ARM |
| Any word ending with "ism" |
NOUN |
| Aspiring VIP ... or any of the critters hidden in the starred clues' answers |
SOCIALCLIMBER |
| Bangkok native |
THAI |
| Cheese with a bloomy rind |
BRIE |
| Chopped neatly for a stew |
CUBED |
| CIA asset |
SPY |
| Coast Guard vehicle |
BOAT |
| Cutlass fish look-alike |
EEL |
| Deluge of delicacies |
FEAST |
| End of a countdown |
ONE |
| Fast, torpedo-shaped fish |
TUNA |
| Floating block of ice |
BERG |
| Former second lady Cheney |
LYNNE |
| Frisbee's edge |
RIM |
| Helmet's purpose |
SAFETY |
| Hopeless outcome |
DOOM |
| House by a hedge maze, perhaps |
MANOR |
| Incrementally |
PIECEMEAL |
| Key words? |
TYPE |
| Knitter's workspace, at times |
LAP |
| Like gladiators |
ROMAN |
| Louise's ride-or-die |
THELMA |