| "Safe!" people |
UMPIRES |
| "Star Wars" character who is 26 inches tall |
YODA |
| *"This ___ Me Trying" (Taylor Swift song) |
ISH |
| *Ad's goal |
SHALE |
| *Battery size for some wall clocks |
NAAN |
| *Begged |
PALED |
| *Did nothing |
DIDDLED |
| *Everest, e.g.: Abbr |
MDT |
| *Expo presentations |
DEMONS |
| *Fury |
HIRE |
| *Less polite |
RUDDER |
| *Letters before an addendum |
PSA |
| *Martians, e.g., for short |
ETAS |
| *Opposite of "oui" |
ANON |
| *Run out of battery |
DINE |
| *Unproductive behavioral pattern |
RUTH |
| 2014 Sia hit whose title is a light fixture |
CHANDELIER |
| Achieves |
ATTAINS |
| Addition result |
SUM |
| Ancient |
OLDERTHANDIRT |
| Animal whose full name comes from the Greek for "river horse" |
HIPPO |
| Animals similar to hares |
RABBITS |
| Arise (from) |
STEM |
| Bay Area representative Swalwell |
ERIC |
| Big to-do |
HOOPLA |
| Bird that lays green eggs (but is not a source of ham!) |
EMU |
| Bone to pick |
BEEF |
| British length units |
METRES |
| Chooses |
OPTS |
| Clean suds off |
RINSE |
| Common furniture material |
WOOD |
| Concertgoers' references |
SETLISTS |
| Declining due to age |
SENILE |
| Delay |
LAG |
| Do some last-minute studying |
CRAM |
| Drive-___ |
THRU |
| Economic metaphor introduced by Adam Smith ... or what can be seen four times in this puzzle? |
INVISIBLEHAND |