| Novelist, e.g |
AUTHOR |
| One blamed for losing a game |
THEGOAT |
| Optic __ |
NERVE |
| Outdoor security illumination |
FLOODLIGHTING |
| Owl's sound |
HOO |
| Pageant adornment |
SASH |
| Play opening |
ACTI |
| Playing an extra NBA period |
INOT |
| Pre-release buzz |
HYPE |
| Provocative, as humor |
EDGY |
| Roberts' 'Pretty Woman' co-star |
GERE |
| Scroogean scoff |
BAH |
| Shucked shellfish |
OYSTER |
| Sloppy room metaphor |
STY |
| Small piano |
SPINET |
| Smoothie additive also used to sprout 'hair' on terracotta 'pets' |
CHIASEED |
| Sneaky |
SLY |
| Split with the band, maybe |
GOSOLO |
| Stage in an insect's life cycle |
PUPA |
| Starburst? |
NOVA |
| State with a greeting in its name |
OHIO |
| Stiletto __: shoe part |
HEEL |
| Stove fuel |
WOOD |
| Team instructor |
COACH |
| Teeth |
PEARLYWHITES |
| Tennis toppers |
VISORS |
| Traffic circle |
ROTARY |
| Tummy muscles |
ABS |
| Turn on the waterworks |
SOB |
| Unchangeable leopard markings, in Jeremiah |
SPOTS |
| Versatile blackjack card |
ACE |
| Very cool rapper? |
ICET |
| Waze suggestion |
ROUTE |
| Where horse races begin ... and where the beginning of 19-, 30- and 40-Across might be seen |
STARTINGGATES |
| Word after user or stage |
NAME |
| Word of greeting |
HELLO |
| Workout reminder |
ACHE |
| __ na tigela: Brazilian berry dish in a bowl |
ACAI |
