| "Cheers" regular |
NORM |
| "Harriet the ___" (kid-lit classic) |
SPY |
| "Law & Order" spinoff, familiarly |
SVU |
| "Terrible" age |
TWO |
| "The Tortoise and the Hare" storyteller |
AESOP |
| 1975 ABBA hit whose title is a palindrome |
SOS |
| Agenda bit |
ITEM |
| Bring home, as a salary |
EARN |
| Brooklyn hoopsters |
NETS |
| Cheese sometimes flavored with hot peppers |
MONTEREYJACK |
| Colorful building block |
LEGO |
| Consume celery sticks, say |
EATRAW |
| Copper + zinc |
BRASS |
| Coral formation |
ATOLL |
| Depend (on) |
RELY |
| EGOT winner Rita |
MORENO |
| Exfoliating product |
SCRUB |
| Face blowing a kiss, for example |
EMOJI |
| Feeling anxious |
UNEASY |
| Financial ctr. in Manhattan |
WALLST |
| Fish such as a manta |
RAY |
| Folktales, e.g |
LORE |
| Forest fledgling |
OWLET |
| Fossil-yielding rock |
SHALE |
| Free-roaming horse |
MUSTANG |
| Googly-___ |
EYED |
| Graph with rectangles |
BARCHART |
| Have a lasting effect |
LEAVEAMARK |
| Hoodwink |
CON |
| How a good decision might be made |
SENSIBLY |
| Indian tourist city on the Yamuna River |
AGRA |
| Indigenous groups |
TRIBES |
| IT VIP |
CTO |
| Kinda sorta |
ISH |
| Like a hero who deserves credit |
UNSUNG |
| Like melted marshmallows |
GOOEY |
| Like the Sahara |
ARID |
| Makes ecstatic |
ELATES |
| Male assistant, or a hint to 20-, 35- or 42-Across |
RIGHTHANDMAN |