| Order straightforward guide | 27 |
| Stimulate ability to understand things we hear | 46 |
| Football team meets referee halfway | 35 |
| Call into question tax introduced by Tory | 41 |
| Doctor replaces front of record cover | 37 |
| I'm disgusted about leader of socialist party | 45 |
| One who kills when soldiers do wrong | 36 |
| one who is "doing well" | 23 |
| not wisely considered | 21 |
| symbol used as an up arrow | 26 |
| clears a winter windshield | 26 |
| 2X Oscar winner Vivien | 22 |
| filling in spreadsheet cells | 28 |
| overrun with water | 18 |
| Ask too many questions | 22 |
| Source of acorns | 16 |
| Lens holders | 12 |
| Repetitious learning method | 27 |
| Biblical garden spot | 20 |
| Pioneer in DVRs | 15 |
| Fireplace debris | 16 |
| "Snowy" or "great blue" bird | 28 |
| Tournament passes for the top seeds | 35 |
| Military supervisors [Abbr] | 27 |
| Gulf of Finland nation | 22 |
| Like an omelet | 14 |
| Leisurely running pace | 22 |
| Long, slithery swimmers | 23 |
| Had some salad, say | 19 |
| Forbidden thing, informally [Hyph] | 34 |
| White wading bird revered in ancient Egypt | 42 |
| "...... Lisa" [da Vinci masterpiece in the Louvre] | 50 |
| Sheep farm youngster | 20 |
| Coup d'...... [government overthrow] | 36 |
| "Doesn't that just ...... the cake!" | 36 |
| Early spring purple flower | 26 |
| Presidential thumbs down | 24 |
| Metallic-sounding | 17 |
| Upscale hotel chain | 19 |
| Sailors' cry while hoisting an anchor [Hyph] | 44 |
| Three-line Japanese poem | 24 |
| Number of points in a touchdown | 31 |
| Women's World Cup powerhouse [Abbr] | 35 |
| Baseball slugger's tool | 23 |
| Vodka brand in a blue bottle | 28 |
| Agency that does airport searches [Abbr] | 40 |
| "You're Still The ......" [Shania Twain hit song] | 49 |
| Many a House of Lords member | 28 |
| Big rig on the highway | 22 |
| "Dr Oakley, Yukon ......" [Nat Geo Wild series about an animal doctor] | 70 |
| Short flights | 13 |
| "...... go bragh!" [St Patrick's Day cry] | 41 |
| Wedding declaration [2 wds] | 27 |
| Host and producer of NPR's "Fresh Air" who was honored with the 2003 Edward R Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio [2 wds] | 144 |
| Nice and warm | 13 |
| Tony Shalhoub's role on "The Marvelous Mrs Maisel" | 50 |
| "Didn't mean to open that" PC key | 33 |
| Beginning on [2 wds] | 20 |
| Longtime NPR legal affairs correspondent who was honored with the 2010 Edward R Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio [2 wds] | 146 |
| "Price negotiable" letters | 26 |
| Affirmative roll-call vote | 26 |
| Hour fraction | 13 |
| President of NPR from 1998 to 2008 who was honored with the 2006 Edward R Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio [2 wds] | 140 |
| Elsa's "Frozen" sister | 22 |
| Send out, as radio waves | 24 |
| Actor Diesel in many of the "Fast & Furious" films | 50 |
| Like midsummer weather, typically | 33 |
| Singer Kate whose hit "Running Up That Hill" was featured in "Stranger Things" | 78 |
| World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy, e.g.: Abbr. | 47 |
| "M" director Fritz | 18 |
| Cherry variety | 14 |
| Prepare to drive, and a hint to making sense of six pairs of Across answers | 75 |
| Antisocial sort | 15 |
| "Once ... time..." | 18 |
| P-Funk's Collins | 16 |
| Geriatrics focus | 16 |
| Salon treatment | 15 |
| Clamors | 7 |
| McElhone of "The Truman Show" | 29 |
| Monks in the mountains | 22 |
| Often elaborate high school invitation | 38 |
| Seriously wound | 15 |
| On both sides, in combinations | 30 |
| Many a camp counselor | 21 |
| In the altogether | 17 |
| Carpenter's slope | 17 |
| Kept for later | 14 |
| Pitching goal | 13 |
| Past paunchy | 12 |
| Cantonese cook's collection | 27 |
| Sharif of "Doctor Zhivago" | 26 |
| Resolved | 8 |
| Once in a blue moon | 19 |
| Insects' oothecae | 17 |
| Gluttony or greed | 17 |
| Bird with a down-curved bill | 28 |
| Staff markings | 14 |
| Balance sheet listing | 21 |
| In-box stack | 12 |
| Island greeting | 15 |
| Edward's rival in the "Twilight" series | 39 |
| Eye sleazily | 12 |
| Tire, on a Citroën | 19 |
| "You really mean it?" | 21 |
| Parent on a field trip, say | 27 |
| Sister of Maggie and Bart | 25 |
| Browning, Byron or Blake | 24 |
| Where to spend a kip | 20 |
| Magistrate of ancient Rome | 26 |
| Kilt features | 13 |
| Carry-on spot | 13 |
| Reach perfection | 16 |
| Life in brief | 13 |
| Stoner address | 14 |
| Mustang mom | 11 |
| "I Got You Babe," for example | 29 |
| Jimmy, e.g. | 11 |
| Diamond trio | 12 |
| Mgr.'s underling | 16 |
| Back row of a choir, perhaps | 28 |
| Emblems of Lebanon | 18 |
| Roots for the chef | 18 |
| "I'm onto your game now!" | 25 |
| Reporter's source, sometimes | 28 |
| Making music | 12 |
| Furry falsetto of TV | 20 |
| Bestselling novel of 1924 | 25 |
| "Hard ...!" [tacking command] | 29 |
| Waste hauler | 12 |
| Flavoring for springerle cookies | 32 |
| Knee-length swim trunks | 23 |
| Apple Maps suggestion: Abbr. | 28 |
| The View cohost Navarro | 23 |
| Shallow ... [2001 Gwyneth Paltrow movie] | 40 |
| Start the poker pot | 19 |
| Finds a function for | 20 |
| Memorial write-up, for short | 28 |
| The Present star Fisher | 23 |
| Stand the ... of time | 21 |
| Years ... [in the past] | 23 |
| Get perfume out of its bottle | 29 |
| Large assembly of people | 24 |
| Greatest imaginable | 19 |
| Throaty sound suggesting Excuse me ... | 38 |
| 1/48 of a cup: Abbr. | 20 |
| ... Yankee Doodle dandy ...: 2 wds. | 35 |
| Musk who's worth almost $200 billion | 36 |
| Confirmation or holy matrimony, for example | 43 |
| Past tense of tis | 17 |
| Seals with black goo | 20 |
| Where Adam and Eve lived | 24 |
| Sign on the dotted .... | 23 |
| Play the lead role | 18 |
| Asian nation with a Great Wall | 30 |
| Access to the Web, such as AOL: Abbr. | 37 |
| ... heartbeat [very quickly]: 2 wds. | 36 |
| Viewing place at the Grand Canyon | 33 |
| Hawke of the 2023 movie Leave the World Behind | 46 |
| Lipton products | 15 |
| Store that sells flat-pack furniture | 36 |
| Sophomores, two years later: Abbr. | 34 |
| What restaurants sell | 21 |
| ... & Stitch [Disney animated movie that's being remade in live-action/CGI format | 81 |
| Rainbows shapes | 15 |
| Damages actor ... Donovan | 25 |
| Kill, as a demon | 16 |
| Mannerly fellow | 15 |
| Long, narrow cut in a dress | 27 |
| Death Wish actor who appeared on The Twilight Zone in 1961: 2 wds. | 66 |
| Semisoft cheese from the Netherlands | 36 |
| Backyard barbecue spot | 22 |
| St. Patrick's Day's month: Abbr. | 32 |
| Smell, taste, touch, hearing, or sight | 38 |
| Egg-laying chickens | 19 |
| Hang loosely, as a toga | 23 |
| From ... Z [completely]: 2 wds. | 31 |
| T.J. Hooker actor who appeared on The Twilight Zone in 1960 and 1963: 2 wds. | 76 |
| Ore-... [brand of frozen potatoes] | 34 |
| Saturn's largest moon, or a mythological giant | 46 |
| Maple or pine, for example | 26 |
| Coastal recess | 14 |
| Corporate seconds-in-command: Abbr. | 35 |
| The Younger Obama daughter | 26 |
| Bubbly drinks | 13 |
| Phyllis actress who appeared on The Twilight Zone in 1961: 2 wds. | 65 |
| A Haunting in Venice actress Fey | 32 |
| Leaf-collecting tool | 20 |
| With 57-Across, Black Hawk Down actor | 37 |
| Mad enough to ... nails | 23 |
| 1980s sitcom title character who also went by the name Gordon Shumway | 69 |
| Intimidated | 11 |
| Join after separation | 21 |
| Most becoming | 13 |
| Playwright | 10 |
| Measuring | 9 |
| Generous with alms | 18 |
| Heroic tales | 12 |
| Stiffly neat | 12 |
| Accounts | 8 |
| Caught unawares | 15 |