| Bird that can be 6.2 feet tall 3 letters |
EMU |
| Big name in white spirits 7 letters |
BACARDI |
| Super Bowl highlights perhaps 3 letters |
ADS |
| Neither this ___ that 3 letters |
NOR |
| Fear or joy 7 letters |
EMOTION |
| Gravestone letters 3 letters |
RIP |
| *When to wear bootees 15 letters |
DOGDAYSOFSUMMER |
| Beverage holder that rhymes with wine 5 letters |
STEIN |
| Palindromic explosive 3 letters |
TNT |
| Very mean 5 letters |
NASTY |
| Energy 3 letters |
VIM |
| Top part of a costume 3 letters |
WIG |
| *On the caboose 13 letters |
INVESTIGATING |
| Where Achilles fought 4 letters |
TROY |
| Bother constantly 5 letters |
NAGAT |
| Power cable 4 letters |
CORD |
| Sewn line 3 letters |
HEM |
| Bright fire 5 letters |
BLAZE |
| Greek T 3 letters |
TAU |
| *One may work on boosting operations 15 letters |
UNDERCOVERAGENT |
| Bye! 5 letters |
SEEYA |
| Homer’s neighbor 3 letters |
NED |
| Like a clever crossword clue 5 letters |
WITTY |
| Translation of the last word in 27-Down 3 letters |
PEN |
| Check your ___ at the door! 3 letters |
EGO |
| More than most 3 letters |
ALL |
| January birthstones 7 letters |
GARNETS |
| Place to get a pedicure 3 letters |
SPA |
| Like a jackhammer 4 letters |
LOUD |
| Tropical fruit 5 letters |
GUAVA |
| Outside of a banana 4 letters |
PEEL |
| Less than most 4 letters |
SOME |
| Aquatic animal that sleeps on its back 5 letters |
OTTER |
| Bed frame strip 4 letters |
SLAT |
| ___ to criticism 4 letters |
OPEN |
| Source of this puzzle’s starred haunted clues 5 letters |
GHOST |
| In that case 4 letters |
IFSO |
| Puts a stop to 4 letters |
ENDS |
| It’s a ___ point 4 letters |
MOOT |
| Sudden desire 4 letters |
URGE |
| Close-fitting cap 6 letters |
BEANIE |
| Jeopardy! champion Schneider 3 letters |
AMY |
| $0.25 say for a gumball 4 letters |
COST |
| Many many many 4 letters |
ATON |
| Break in a friendship 4 letters |
RIFT |
| Deux : French :: ___ : Spanish 3 letters |
DOS |
| Like a convenient washer and dryer 6 letters |
INUNIT |
| Octopus’s octet 4 letters |
ARMS |
| Regimen such as keto 4 letters |
DIET |
| Agile for one’s age 4 letters |
SPRY |
| Split (up) 5 letters |
DIVVY |
| Making a coin vanish e.g. 5 letters |
MAGIC |
| Alex Wagner Tonight network 5 letters |
MSNBC |
| What you might pour on a 38-Across 5 letters |
WATER |
| Red Velvet singer 5 letters |
IRENE |
| Pseudonym 10 letters |
NOMDEPLUME |
| Hawk’s claw 5 letters |
TALON |
| Statement after a pledge drive 5 letters |
IGAVE |
| Stared at the stars 5 letters |
GAZED |
| I should remember this … 10 letters |
NOTETOSELF |
| Money from a foundation 5 letters |
GRANT |
| Hence 4 letters |
THUS |
| Jury ___ (2023 show about a fake trial) 4 letters |
DUTY |
| Word after bull’s or cat’s 3 letters |
EYE |
| Went off like a cellphone 4 letters |
RANG |
| Amazes 4 letters |
AWES |
| Speaker’s engagement 3 letters |
GIG |
| Part of aka 4 letters |
ALSO |
| Program feature that repeats 4 letters |
LOOP |
| *Many years ___ 4 letters |
AGOG |
| *Uninspiring routine 4 letters |
RUTH |
| *D.C. MLB player 4 letters |
NATO |
| *She lived in Eden 4 letters |
EVES |
| *Roofing goop 4 letters |
TART |
| Small vegetables in fried rice 4 letters |
PEAS |
| Violist’s clef 4 letters |
ALTO |
| Family game night room perhaps 3 letters |
DEN |
| Letter after chi 3 letters |
PSI |