| Helen Keller described hers as "an angel in fur" |
AKITA |
| Hole in ___ |
ONE |
| Improv prompt (... last four letters) |
YESAND |
| Indian royals |
RAJAS |
| Italian sports cars, informally |
LAMBOS |
| Juan in Argentine history |
PERON |
| Julia Child or Josephine Baker, secretly |
SPY |
| K-pop supergroup |
BTS |
| Less common |
RARER |
| Little whirlpool |
EDDY |
| Ma travels with this |
CELLOCASE |
| Mali's capital (... last four letters) |
BAMAKO |
| March as a unit |
TROOP |
| Matching groups |
SETS |
| Name hidden in "mistaken identity" |
ENID |
| Not mad |
SANE |
| Octagon or oval |
SHAPE |
| Ordinary writing |
PROSE |
| Oyster's treasure |
PEARL |
| Reaching a point of decline, in TV lingo ... or the key to interpreting 17-, 25-, 51- and 53-Across |
JUMPINGTHESHARK |
| Release, as a fist |
UNCLENCH |
| Request regarding a food additive |
NOMSG |
| Reversal on the road |
UTURN |
| Roth or SIMPLE plans |
IRAS |
| Scissors sound |
SNIP |
| Sea-___ (Wash. airport) |
TAC |
| Shady shelters |
ARBORS |
| South Asian flatbread |
NAAN |
| Stripe |
BAND |
| Surgeon's helper, for short (... last five letters) |
ORNURSE |
| Take the edge off? |
TRIM |
| Texter's "Hilarious!" |
LMAO |
| They can put people in the driver's seat! |
AUTOLOANS |
| University of Michigan cheer (In this answer, note the last four letters) |
GOBLUE |
| Where Fenway Park's Green Monster looms large |
INLEFT |
| White waterbirds |
SWANS |
| ___ Lama |
DALAI |
| ___ snail's pace |
ATA |
