| "Come out of your shell!" |
DONTBEAFRAID |
| "Garfield" dog |
ODIE |
| "Have a cow" or "hold your horses" |
IDIOM |
| "I can't see any alternative" |
ITMUSTBE |
| "Just as I thought!" |
AHA |
| "Never ___ Give You Up" |
GONNA |
| "No ___, ands or buts" |
IFS |
| "Ooh, I like that suggestion more!" |
EVENBETTER |
| "Pardon me ..." |
AHEM |
| "Pumpkin spice" beverage |
LATTE |
| "The Hill We Climb" poet Gorman |
AMANDA |
| Affirm as true |
AVOW |
| Annoying sort |
PEST |
| Baby bird's sound |
TWEET |
| Back talk |
SASS |
| Ballpoint tips |
NIBS |
| Bert's roommate |
ERNIE |
| Big vase |
URN |
| Black-and-white pattern |
ZEBRAPRINT |
| Bottom-line red ink |
NETLOSS |
| Catch on to |
GET |
| Chinese temple instrument |
GONG |
| Despicable person |
ASS |
| Dreaded virus |
EBOLA |
| Event for college seniors |
JOBFAIR |
| Explosive weapons in "Fortnite" |
GRENADES |
| Fan group of a major K-pop band |
BTSARMY |
| First president with a Twitter account |
OBAMA |
| French artist Edgar |
DEGAS |
| Friday night activity, or a hint to a three-letter word spread evenly across five squares in 17-, 23-, 35- and 46-Across |
BARHOPPING |
| Fuse together |
MELD |
| Game with an eight ball |
POOL |
| Genre from Jamaica |
SKA |
| Give a darn |
CARE |
| Golfer Palmer, familiarly |
ARNIE |
| Has another birthday |
AGES |
| Home of the Sphinx |
GIZA |
| Iowa State's city |
AMES |
