| "Best movie ever!" (... letters 11-8) |
ABSOLUTECINEMA |
| "If all ___ fails ..." |
ELSE |
| "Just hear ___ sleigh bells jingling ..." |
THOSE |
| "OK, that's over the line!" (In this clue's answer, note letters 8-4) |
YOUREPUSHINGIT |
| "Smiley face breakfast" lips, maybe |
BACON |
| "There Will Come Soft Rains" poet Sara |
TEASDALE |
| "Uplifting Words," for this puzzle |
TITLE |
| "Where ___ we?" |
ARE |
| "___ am I to judge?" |
WHO |
| Annual championship series held in May-June (... letters 4-2) |
NBAFINALS |
| Anticipate |
AWAIT |
| Appear |
SEEM |
| British lav |
LOO |
| Budget-friendly prefix |
ECONO |
| Certain tech professionals (... letters 6-3) |
DATAENGINEERS |
| Chili powder or coriander seeds |
SPICE |
| Classic Diana Ross hairstyle |
AFRO |
| Cozy, wrapped garments |
ROBES |
| Cried "Foul," perhaps |
UMPED |
| Crystal ball, e.g |
ORB |
| Dawn goddess |
EOS |
| Doctors Without Borders, e.g., briefly |
NGO |
| Double-helix molecule |
DNA |
| Drops on the lawn |
DEW |
| Explosive letters |
TNT |
| Formal denial |
NOTI |
| French fashion inits |
YSL |
| Friendship bracelet piece |
BEAD |
| Gave the green light |
OKED |
| Have the rights to |
OWN |
| Ignited again |
RELIT |
| Informational ad |
PSA |
| Intersection point |
NODE |
| Intertwine |
ENLACE |
| Ivy in Philly |
UPENN |
| Like a thing of the distant past |
LONGGONE |
| Made equal |
LEVELED |
