| "Becoming" memoirist Michelle |
OBAMA |
| "Dies __": Latin hymn |
IRAE |
| "i" pieces |
DOTS |
| "Out of the Cellar" metal band |
RATT |
| "__ won't do" |
THIS |
| *Homemade song assortment |
MIXTAPE |
| *Lunch from home |
BROWNBAG |
| *Speak carefully to avoid offense |
MINCEWORDS |
| *Vocally imitate a drum machine |
BEATBOX |
| *Yahtzee, for one |
DICEGAME |
| 2019 award for author Walter Mosley |
EDGAR |
| Ad-__: improvise |
LIB |
| Add beauty to |
ADORN |
| Blue-roofed eatery |
IHOP |
| Boxing legend Archie |
MOORE |
| Check signer |
BOSS |
| Closest pals, initially |
BFFS |
| Cry of success that can also be a sarcastic admission of failure |
NAILEDIT |
| Darling |
PET |
| Dinosaur Jr. frontman J __ |
MASCIS |
| Discomfit |
FAZE |
| Dry as a desert |
ARID |
| Fishing gear |
LINES |
| Forget to mention |
OMIT |
| Full-bosomed |
BUXOM |
| General vibe |
AURA |
| Hatcher or Polo |
TERI |
| Hatchet man __ Brasi of "The Godfather" |
LUCA |
| Hits the slopes |
SKIS |
| Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum city |
HANOI |
| Impish fairy |
PIXIE |
| Incomplete Wikipedia entry |
STUB |
| Irish speakers |
GAELS |
| Kitchen guide ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues |
RECIPEBOOK |
| Leafy vegetable |
KALE |
| Life partner |
TIME |
| Marshmallow blackener |
FIRE |
| Meaty fare from a falafel stand |
KEBAB |
| Middle of Q.E.D |
ERAT |
