Last word in the line beginning “We have met the enemy...” |
OURS |
Let (out), as rope |
PAYED |
Letter-shaped construction piece |
IBAR |
Like Buffalo wings |
SPICY |
Like perfect games in baseball |
RARE |
Mother of Ares |
HERA |
Music for a sitar |
RAGA |
Narrow inlet |
RIA |
Nick Charles’s wife |
NORA |
Obsession |
FETISH |
Once called |
NEE |
Option in a File menu |
OPEN |
Orange coating |
RIND |
Piece of news |
ITEM |
Pigeon sound |
COO |
Prickly bushes |
BRIARS |
Question before wrapping up a Q&A |
ANYONEELSE |
Reducing regimen |
DIET |
Relaxed condition |
EASE |
Resource found in veins |
ORE |
Rocker Clapton |
ERIC |
Ruby of “A Raisin in the Sun” |
DEE |
Sandwich store |
DELI |
See 36-Across |
INNER |
See 36-Across |
FISH |
Showy hat embellishment |
PLUME |
Spotted cat |
LEOPARD |
Spring flower |
TULIP |
State tree of Massachusetts |
ELM |
State with conviction |
ASSERT |
Stinging blow |
SLAP |
Sumo wrestlers throw it before a match |
SALT |
Supermarket aids |
LISTS |
Taylor Swift song that takes a swipe at sexism |
THEMAN |
Tense |
ONEDGE |
Wall painting |
MURAL |
Was unwell |
AILED |
With 37- and 39-Across, book and TV series on human evolution, and a hint to the circled letters |
YOUR |
___-Cuban (Latin jazz style) |
AFRO |