- Flavor of yellow Skittles: LEMON
- Part of a rotary telephone: DIAL
- Source of maple syrup: SAP
- Shoe brand with a three-stripe logo: ADIDAS
- Pinnacle: ACME
- In favor of: PRO
- *Cold shoulder: SILENTTREATMENT
- Proofreaders leave that in: STET
- Univ. military program: ROTC
- Understand now?: SEEIT
- Fail to include: OMIT
- Optimists can find them in any situation: UPSIDES
- *Texters options for sending faces and symbols: EMOJIKEYBOARD
- Indicate: DENOTE
- Wriggly as a fish: EELY
- From ___ Z: ATO
- Like those interested in poetry or painting: ARTY
- Road trip expense: GAS
- What a crossing guards outstretched arm means: STOP
- Im not impressed: MEH
- Some baby noises: GOOS
- Announcement upon arrival: IMHERE
- *Easy-listening background tunes: ELEVATORMUSIC
- Small houses in Spain: CASITAS
- Castle protector: MOAT
- Prize for Best Original Score e.g.: OSCAR
- At that time: THEN
- Gardeners bagful: SOIL
- I cant even! … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues: THEREARENOWORDS
- Start of a countdown: TEN
- Actor Alda or Arkin: ALAN
- Carsickness feeling: NAUSEA
- Picnic pest: ANT
- Big name in potato chips: LAYS
- Weasel relative: STOAT
- Scottish girl: LASS
- Make less wordy say: EDIT
- One of 26.2 in a marathon: MILE
- Final movement of Beethovens Ninth: ODETOJOY
- Mums mum: NAN
- Bar game projectile: DART
- Something a convenience store sells in bags: ICECUBES
- Group for docs: AMA
- Start of a hypothetical: LETSSAY
- Participates in some singles matches?: SPEEDDATES
- Schwarzenegger to pals: ARNIE
- Chip ___ (Beauty and the Beast teacup): POTTS
- Success in pitching or bowling: STRIKE
- Kind of bag that may hold swag: TOTE
- Israeli leader Golda: MEIR
- Cambridge univ.: MIT
- Professional office-seeker informally: POL
- Dutch cheese: EDAM
- No more than: MERE
- Following a trail as a bloodhound: ONTHESCENT
- What causes dough to expand and rise: YEAST
- Doughnut shapes: TORI
- Oil price-regulating grp.: OPEC
- Wander off course: GOASTRAY
- Excludes: SHUTSOUT
- Oh come on!: GETREAL
- Eggs in Caesars salad?: OVA
- Like some decals: IRONON
- Fighting sport for short: MMA
- Teller of tall tales: LIAR
- Sign of things to come: OMEN
- Terra ___: COTTA
- Gray in the face: ASHEN
- Birds in a coop: HENS
- Approximately: ORSO
- Brainstorming product: IDEA
- Hurdle for a future Esq.: LSAT
- In the same way as: ALA
- Is before: WAS
My name is Tim Jeffry, and I am a crossword solver and creator. I enjoy watching movies and series in my spare time, and I often play basketball with my sons. I solve the NY Times crossword daily and post the answers on my website.