| Knicks legend Patrick |
EWING |
| Latin for "ram" |
ARIES |
| Lemonade stand stackers |
DIXIECUPS |
| Length of 24 film frames, briefly |
SEC |
| Lightweight metal |
ALUMINUM |
| Like Chamonix |
ALPINE |
| Like slow lorises and snow leopards |
ASIAN |
| Like some wine |
OAKY |
| Lofty |
HIGH |
| Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
BRINGUPTOSPEED |
| Lunch box with compartments |
BENTO |
| Martini ingredient |
GIN |
| Memoji platform |
IOS |
| Minimum needed for action |
QUORUM |
| Mosquito net fabric |
MESH |
| Muss |
TOUSLE |
| Natural talent |
KNACK |
| Net asset? |
GOALIE |
| Not unkindly |
AMIABLY |
| Notable periods |
ERAS |
| Org.-wide message |
MEMO |
| Organ in the chest cavity |
LUNG |
| Out of control |
AMOK |
| Pasta __ Norma |
ALLA |
| Pen brand |
BIC |
| Place to sample Dassai |
SAKEBAR |
| Pledge |
OATH |
| Plovdiv's country |
BULGARIA |
| Polar dome |
ICECAP |
| Portent |
OMEN |
| Prevail |
WIN |
| Puzzle hints |
CLUES |
| Religious subgroup |
SECT |
| Repeated syllable in Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" |
RAH |
| Ritzy Boston neighborhood |
BACKBAY |
| Roller coaster material |
STEEL |
| Rooibos, for one |
TEA |
| Rush |
HURRY |
| Salsa partner on a dip platter, casually |
GUAC |
| Salty septet |
SEAS |
| Self or sheep suffix |
ISH |
| Serves the people |
GOVERNS |
| Shiba __ |
INU |
| Single word on its own line, in typesetting |
ORPHAN |
| Small sound |
INLET |
| Smoked beef cuts |
BRISKETS |
| Solder element |
TIN |
| Spark |
IDEA |
| Staunton of "The Crown" |
IMELDA |
| Stitch's friend |
LILO |
| Subscription level |
TIER |
| Subwoofer output |
BASS |
| Tail end? |
ELL |
| The Beyhive, e.g |
FANDOM |
| Think (on) |
CHEW |
| Throw on the floor |
AREARUG |
| Throw, slangily |
YEET |
| Travel plaza fuel supplier |
SUNOCO |
| Tusked hog |
BOAR |
| Twitch streamer's headache |
LAG |
| Unaccompanied |
LONE |
| Vending machine bills |
ONES |
| Vietnamese beef noodle soup |
PHO |
| Villain's hideout |
LAIR |
| Water cooler sound |
GLUG |
| Wearing white to a wedding, e.g |
NONO |
| Writers with star power? |
CRITICS |
| Yearning |
ACHE |
| Yours, in French |
ATOI |
| [Cough cough] |
AHEM |
| __-12: athletic org |
PAC |