| It means "innovative" | 21 |
| Computer-operating period | 25 |
| Retired flyer | 13 |
| VW predecessors | 15 |
| Article read by Merkel | 22 |
| Elton John attainment of 2024 | 29 |
| "Messenger" molecule | 20 |
| Many Elvis-era tunes | 20 |
| Old enough to know better | 25 |
| Purely | 6 |
| Brief trip | 10 |
| What many West Pointers wear | 28 |
| Staged with no break | 20 |
| Messy fundraiser race | 21 |
| First show | 10 |
| Signs of spoilage | 17 |
| USAF officer | 12 |
| Roughly equal | 13 |
| Usher in early | 14 |
| Rebus puzzle conjunction | 24 |
| Millennials' folks | 18 |
| Moist beads | 11 |
| A euro predecessor | 18 |
| Person for whom Sam "played it" | 31 |
| Car's gas-saving .. mode | 24 |
| Germ cell division | 18 |
| Hard wood | 9 |
| Scale-teaching song | 19 |
| Retired professors | 18 |
| Where mariners go | 17 |
| Region northeast of Egypt | 25 |
| Flanged fastener | 16 |
| Generous bar buy | 16 |
| Dermal design | 13 |
| Senses somehow | 14 |
| End of a "cozy" comparison | 26 |
| Really chafe | 12 |
| Workout venue | 13 |
| "Please tell me about your .." | 30 |
| Spread out, as a carpet | 23 |
| Suffix for stock or block | 25 |
| Livestock holder | 16 |
| Barista's servings | 18 |
| '60s chic | 9 |
| Relief map, for short | 21 |
| Electric car brand | 18 |
| "It's ..!" ["See you then!"]: 2 wds. | 36 |
| Home made of logs | 17 |
| Creep about | 11 |
| Panther or puma | 15 |
| Virgin Australia hub | 20 |
| ...org [site with a Missionary Travel page] | 43 |
| Essence of "irrigation des plantes" | 35 |
| Certain doorway | 15 |
| Only commonly edible rock | 25 |
| Step on a quality scale | 23 |
| Org. supporting Operation Baghdad Pups | 38 |
| Word from the Latin for "harshness" | 35 |
| Something to see through | 24 |
| Pasta served with peanuts | 25 |
| Chevy Cavalier successors | 25 |
| Antonym of "raptures" | 21 |
| Accepts an ingestion invitation | 31 |
| Throw cold water on | 19 |
| Script sources | 14 |
| Express disapproval | 19 |
| How loose wires often end up | 28 |
| Menacing medieval band | 22 |
| Messy suit, say | 15 |
| State with the highest % of land held by the Forest Service | 59 |
| Move rhythmically | 17 |
| Hamilton or Benjamin | 20 |
| Rochester-based brewery | 23 |
| Cousins of plovers | 18 |
| One of the Leeward Antilles | 27 |
| Persistently petty person | 25 |
| It's northwest of Provo | 23 |
| Listing in a "Fanciers" registry | 32 |
| "Therefore speak .. them in parables": Matthew 13 | 49 |
| It may mean "Feed me!" | 22 |
| Couple of pointers? | 19 |
| Make a start, perhaps | 21 |
| Do things | 9 |
| Cry that might precede a spill | 30 |
| NASA's six-person orbiter | 25 |
| Quailed back | 12 |
| G7 member | 9 |
| East side of Athens | 19 |
| Dragonlike, in a way | 20 |
| Made like some dimmer switches | 30 |
| What's captured in a period piece | 33 |
| The multinational "Seven Sisters," in the '60s | 46 |
| Fidelity | 8 |
| Jumps all over | 14 |
| Knocked out | 11 |
| Convulsive breath-catchings | 27 |
| Floor supporter | 15 |
| Firm face-lift | 14 |
| It might appear after a while | 29 |
| Latter-day invasion | 19 |
| Chipped plastic | 15 |
| South American dollar spender | 29 |
| .. director | 11 |
| PD beat | 7 |
| Item for pool lounging | 22 |
| USMA grad in Omar Bradley's class | 33 |
| Rat pack? | 9 |
| Schools or orders | 17 |
| Put in position | 15 |
| "We create music" sloganeer | 27 |
| Targets | 7 |
| Paper-clipped collection | 24 |
| Less likely to be forgiving | 27 |
| One of a stack of checkers | 26 |
| Word on the spider variety list | 31 |
| Result of sunning | 17 |
| Driver's licenses and passports, for short | 42 |
| Suffix with penta-, hexa-, hepta-, etc | 38 |
| Palindromic title | 17 |
| Professional Society for weather and climate: Eng | 49 |
| Gandhi who heads the Indian National Congress | 45 |
| Like blue shoes of song | 23 |
| Soft quilts or duvets | 21 |
| Hose | 4 |
| Materialized [4,4] | 18 |
| Dishonest scheme | 16 |
| URL starter | 11 |
| Former Mideast org. | 19 |
| Bygone Russian leaders | 22 |
| Sudan's ..... Desert | 20 |
| Like 2020, but not 2019 | 23 |
| Ship's load | 11 |
| Two door car | 12 |
| Junior nav. officer | 19 |
| Corporate acquisition | 21 |
| "It's ...!" [birth announcement | 31 |
| Develop, ripen | 14 |
| Large species of deer | 21 |
| Ran against | 11 |
| Destroy bit by bit | 18 |
| Ponders [with "over"] | 21 |
| "See other side": Abbr | 22 |
| Sixty seconds | 13 |
| Had dinner at a restaurant [3,3] | 32 |
| Numerical comparisons | 21 |
| On ..... to know basis [1,4] | 28 |
| Wild buffalo of India | 21 |
| Garden soil | 11 |
| Aim, objective | 14 |
| "This one's ..." [2,2] | 22 |
| One good .... deserves another | 30 |
| Muscle: Prefix | 14 |
| Those who go illegally onto land | 32 |
| Use a credit card | 17 |
| Title one rank above knight | 27 |
| In the blink ... eye [2,2] | 26 |
| What an electric meter indicates | 32 |
| Speed contest | 13 |
| Six: Prefix | 11 |
| Risky undertaking | 17 |
| Almost vertical, as a slope | 27 |
| Roofless sites for the retail of pre-loved automobiles [4-3,4] | 62 |
| Ye ... Antique Shoppe | 21 |
| Tots: Var. | 10 |
| 2200 Hours [3,6] | 16 |
| ... Mountains [range east of Moscow] | 36 |
| Going .... [fighting] [2,2] | 27 |
| Not glossy, as a photo | 22 |
| "A .... bagatelle!" | 19 |
| Landscaper's turf | 17 |
| Be radiant | 10 |
| Place for a swim meet | 21 |
| Sleeper's sound | 15 |
| Cab client | 10 |
| Paid attention to | 17 |
| Ask to a party | 14 |
| Nursery rhyme home of "so many children" | 40 |
| Purpose of a furnace | 20 |
| Fabric follower of "poly" | 25 |
| Go bad, as vegetables | 21 |
| Common print file format | 24 |
| Seven, to Caesar | 16 |
| Snake-shaped letters | 20 |
| ".. in right now . . ." | 23 |
| Destiny, in Hinduism | 20 |
| Hunters' org. | 13 |
| Not allowed | 11 |
| Mental picture | 14 |
| Possesses, in the Bible | 23 |
| Casual shoe, for short | 22 |
| Place for canoeing | 18 |
| Swamp critter | 13 |
| Expulsion, so to speak | 22 |
| Wide awake | 10 |
| "Tall" stories | 14 |
| Foul ball callers | 17 |
| Package to mail | 15 |
| Singer Crow | 11 |
| Rights org. | 11 |
| Vincent van .. | 14 |