| "Antony and Cleopatra" snake |
ASP |
| "Doesn't excite me" |
MEH |
| "Finding __": Pixar film about a missing fish |
NEMO |
| "I beg of you" |
PLEASE |
| "Lady Bird" Oscar nominee Metcalf |
LAURIE |
| "Leave this to me!" |
ILLDOIT |
| "So much chaos in there!" |
ITSAZOO |
| "The Good Place" actor Danson |
TED |
| "Told you!" |
SEE |
| Advantage |
EDGE |
| Apply sloppily |
SLAPON |
| Beginning |
ORIGIN |
| British beer with a red triangle logo |
BASSALE |
| Cajun pod |
OKRA |
| Campus cadet org |
ROTC |
| Choose not to cook, say |
EATOUT |
| Chuckle syllable |
HEH |
| Club made by Louisville Slugger |
BAT |
| Coeur d'Alene locale |
IDAHO |
| Common crumbled froyo topping |
OREO |
| Confidence-boosting stance |
POWERPOSE |
| Covert org |
THENSA |
| Demanding constant attention, perhaps |
NEEDY |
| Desert watering holes |
OASES |
| Do a butler's job |
SHOWIN |
| Driveway goo |
TAR |
| Exam for a future 32-Across |
LSAT |
| Extra benefits |
PERKS |
| Former Yankee Martinez who won the Home Run Derby in 1997 |
TINO |
| Frigate letters |
USS |
| Fundamental skateboard jump |
OLLIE |
| Garden entrance |
GATE |
| Geographic neighbors, or what this puzzle's circled letters literally are |
BORDERSTATES |
| Grate against |
ABRADE |
| Half-moon tide |
NEAP |
| Hanks who played Mr. Rogers |
TOM |
| In pieces |
SMASHED |
| Influencers in a grassroots marketing campaign |
STREETTEAM |
