| "Just wait" |
BEPATIENT |
| "Roots" novelist |
HALEY |
| "The Alienist" novelist Carr |
CALEB |
| "The Goddess of Pop" |
CHER |
| "Thor" actor Elba |
IDRIS |
| "Zip-a-___-Doo-Dah" |
DEE |
| 2017 TIME honorees ... or 16-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across, based on letters that bookend them? |
SILENCEBREAKERS |
| Actor Cage, to fans |
NIC |
| Agile |
QUICKONONESFEET |
| Alcohol type in antiknock |
ETHYL |
| All-Star starting pitcher |
ACE |
| Alternative to Budget |
ALAMO |
| Bad golf shot |
SLICE |
| Base-clearing hit, informally |
HOMER |
| Basic dog command |
SIT |
| Blogger's "I think ..." |
IMHO |
| Blue Ribbon brewer |
PABST |
| Brings to a close |
ENDS |
| Busch Stadium cap letters |
STL |
| Butterfly catcher |
NET |
| Cheerleaders' skirts, often |
MINIS |
| Close, as a family |
TIGHTKNIT |
| Concave belly button |
INNIE |
| Cook known for his Apples |
TIM |
| Corp. honcho |
CEO |
| Country singer Judd |
NAOMI |
| Desktop computer choice |
IMAC |
| Device that responds to "Alexa" |
ECHO |
| Diamond Head's island |
OAHU |
| Drab shade |
OLIVE |
| Drone or queen |
BEE |
| Dynamic group |
DUO |
| Examined before a heist |
CASED |
| Far from tidy |
MESSY |
| First woman to run a major TV studio |
LUCILLEBALL |
| For all time |
EVER |
| Fully stretched |
TAUT |
| Gets on in years |
AGES |
| Ghostly pale |
ASHEN |
