| Jay Z's hubristic nickname for himself |
HOVA |
| Liberty Bond, e.g., for short |
TNOTE |
| Lightened (up) |
EASED |
| Like sausage fests |
STAG |
| Loud and dramatic, as a voice |
OPERATIC |
| Lovers' discussion (it's not an argument) |
SPAT |
| Modern navigation letters |
GPS |
| Nanobot's hypothetical ability, and the process that's overtaken this puzzle's theme answers |
SELFREPLICATION |
| New York-based kitchen gadget maker |
OXO |
| Newton's math, briefly |
CALC |
| On the nose |
APT |
| One who brings two sides together |
UNIFIER |
| One who takes the cake (in order to decorate it) |
ICER |
| Org. for out athlete Jason Collins |
NBA |
| Org. that lobbies for looser restrictions on ballerina costume sales? |
TUTUPAC |
| Painfully dull? |
ACHY |
| Person at a reunion |
ALUM |
| Pitchfork review subject |
ALBUM |
| PLO Chairman Mahmoud |
ABBAS |
| Recipient of a candidate's sexts, often |
STAFFER |
| Sacramento newspaper |
BEE |
| Sappy, in slang |
EMO |
| Saturn SUV |
VUE |
| Sell-off when Hostess went bankrupt? |
THEOLDHEAVEHOHO |
| Slugger's pickup, quickly |
RBI |
| Sly & the Family Stone's 'There's a ___ Goin' On' |
RIOT |
| Software installation needs, at times |
CDS |
| Song with the lyric 'Young man, are you listening to me?' |
YMCA |
| Statistical hypothesis trial |
TTEST |
| Toe problems |
CORNS |
| Trees that may be slippery |
ELMS |
| Vintage vehicles |
REOS |
| Viral video in which a defendant gets a light sentence? |
MERCYMEME |
| Vocal quality for Tom Waits |
RASP |
| Weed- and turf-obsessed groups? |
GANGS |
| When the night shift ends, often |
SIXAM |
| Where the golf ball is |
LIE |
| Where to find Canton, Toledo, Lima, Medina, Dublin, and Athens |
OHIO |