| It's a ball |
SPHERE |
| Its presence on Mars offers a clue to life |
SALT |
| Japanese honorific |
SENSEI |
| Killer of the Night King on 'Game of Thrones' |
ARYA |
| Kind of parking |
CURBSIDE |
| Lawyer with absurdly exaggerated humor? |
CAMPYCOUNSELOR |
| Like a tasty cake |
MOIST |
| Like Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts |
DEAF |
| Like some towels and topics |
HOT |
| Longtime surname on late-night TV |
MEYERS |
| Longtime surname on late-night TV |
OBRIEN |
| Lunar New Year |
TET |
| Marsupial that goes into shock when frightened |
OPOSSUM |
| Medical gloves and N95 masks, for short |
PPE |
| Musical artist known as the 'Queen of New Age' |
ENYA |
| Mythical weaver |
ARACHNE |
| Name hidden in 'global economy' |
ALEC |
| Nationwide competitor |
ALLSTATE |
| No longer active: Abbr |
RET |
| No-win situation |
TIE |
| One-named entertainer from Spain |
CHARO |
| Partners of hinds |
HARTS |
| Pear-shaped instrument |
LUTE |
| Pen |
CAGE |
| Personal ad abbr |
SWF |
| Places where some belts are tightened? |
BELLYBOTTOMS |
| Prefix with puncture |
ACU |
| Pries (from) |
WRESTS |
| Primeval |
STONEAGE |
| Proceeded down a lane, maybe |
SWAM |
| Put away |
ATE |
| Reaches |
GETSTO |
| Relax |
EASE |
| Rhapsodize over |
EXTOL |
| Rhetoric |
ORATORY |
| Rooibos by another name |
REDTEA |
| Sci-fi daughter of Padmé |
LEIA |
| Server error |
FOOTFAULT |
| Serving with a meze platter |
PITA |
| Shade of red |
TOMATO |
| Shelve |
DEFER |
| Simpson imp |
BART |
| Slangy turndown |
NAH |
| Sleep phase? |
SLUMBERPART |
| Smallest country in the E.U., by area |
MALTA |
| Soaks (up) |
SOPS |
| Some free housing recipients, for short |
RAS |
| Some Guinness records |
LEASTS |
| Some prosecutors, for short |
ADAS |
| Some wide-brimmed hats |
PANAMAS |
| Square figure? |
STATUE |
| Stacked |
PILED |
| Stephen Crane's 'The Red Badge of Courage,' e.g.? |
COMBATREAD |
| Test, as a new mattress |
LIEON |
| The Liberty Tree, e.g |
ELM |
| They might get all over the floor |
ROOMBAS |
| They might hold on to their caps, for short |
ALUMS |
| Tick off |
RILE |
| Ticks off |
IRES |
| Unfairly takes advantage of, as a policy |
ABUSES |
| Vouch for, with 'to' |
ATTEST |
| WaPo alternative |
NYT |
| What concealer might conceal |
ACNE |
| Where Camus's 'The Plague' is set |
ALGERIA |
| Without much thought |
IDLY |
| Wizard |
ACE |
| You can see right through it |
GLASS |
| ___ Day, early collaborator with Prince |
MORRIS |
| ___ la Cité, home of Notre-Dame |
ILEDE |
| ___ nous |
ENTRE |
