| Like a chasm |
DEEP |
| Like contrabass notes |
LOW |
| Lodging off the highway |
INN |
| Mandolin attachment |
STRAP |
| Maritime markers |
BUOYS |
| Minnie series? |
CELS |
| Monoecious tree |
OAK |
| Mushy, like some forms of orange juice |
PULPY |
| Naked mole ___ (rodent) |
RAT |
| No. 1 hit for Eric Clapton that was a cover of a Bob Marley song |
ISHOTTHESHERIFF |
| No. 1 hit for Lady Gaga with the lyric ‘A little gambling is fun when you’re with me’ |
POKERFACE |
| No. 11 hit for the Trammps featured in ‘Saturday Night Fever’ |
DISCOINFERNO |
| No. 2 hit for Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville that was a Grammy nominee for song of the year |
DONTKNOWMUCH |
| No. 2 hit for the Kingsmen with a repetitive title |
LOUIELOUIE |
| No. 3 hit for Donna Summer that won a Grammy, a Golden Globe and an Oscar |
LASTDANCE |
| No. 6 hit for Elton John that was the title of a 2019 film about him |
ROCKETMAN |
| No. 8 hit for John Cougar Mellencamp that refers to colorful residences |
PINKHOUSES |
| No. 9 hit for Britney Spears on her 2000 album of the same name |
OOPSIDIDITAGAIN |
| Novice gamer, or 43 Down in reverse |
NOOB |
| Oft-sanitised room |
LOO |
| Ones with secret info |
INSIDERS |
| Org. producing jams? |
NBA |
| Part of a percussive set |
BONGO |
| People holding the Wuwuchim ceremony |
HOPI |
| Perspective, for short |
POV |
| Phenomena over lakes |
MISTS |
| Postojna Cave’s nation |
SLOVENIA |
| Pro’s counterpart |
CON |
| Projection room unit |
REEL |
| Prop for many a ‘Downton Abbey’ character |
TIARA |
| Public evisceration |
TAKEDOWN |
| Reaction to a bad call |
BOO |
| Reminiscent of poet Robert |
BURNSIAN |
| Rev, as an engine |
GUN |
| Robots and such |
MACHINES |
| Rock opening, say |
CRANNY |
| Salk who developed the polio vaccine |
JONAS |
| Sci-fi vessel |
UFO |
| Scrooge’s ‘Rubbish!’ |
BAH |
| Seemingly supernatural |
UNCANNY |
| Set of bicep curls, e.g |
REPS |
| Settings for Calgary Flames games |
ARENAS |
| Shut loudly |
SLAM |
| Singer Grande, informally |
ARI |
| Something to climb in a climbing gym |
WALL |
| Song with a good beat |
BOP |
| Spray can discharge |
AEROSOL |
| Stir, as suspicion |
AROUSE |
| Strain, as with flour |
SIFT |
| Subcontinent ruler |
RANI |
| Subject of feudalism |
LIEGE |
| Submarine named after the 17th state |
USSOHIO |
| Successful metapuzzle solver’s cry |
AHA |
| The Flash portrayer Miller |
EZRA |
| Vajiravudh’s kingdom |
SIAM |
| Variation of a color |
TINT |
| Vintage auto initials |
REO |
| Was first |
LED |
| Way too self-satisfied |
SMUG |
| Website debut, say |
LAUNCH |
| What legislatures pass |
STATUTES |
| White crystals, often |
SALT |
| Word’s linguistic basis |
ROOT |
| Work such as ‘Die Fledermaus’ |
OPERETTA |
| You, in Commandments |
THOU |
| Zoom meeting creator |
HOST |
| ___ Beta Kappa |
PHI |
| ___ Ness monster |
LOCH |
| ___ pick (comb) |
AFRO |
| ___ Shepherd, a.k.a. McDreamy, on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ |
DEREK |
| ___ tissue |
SCAR |
| ___ truth to power |
SPEAK |