- Take it easy: GOSLOW
- Letters above 2 on a phone: ABC
- Bit of regalia: SASH
- Area around a nipple: AREOLA
- Word with level or legs: SEA
- No later than: UPTO
- Feeding apparatus at a petting zoo: PELLETDISPENSER
- Sun in Spanish: SOL
- Tiny hill-dweller: ANT
- Bits of news: ITEMS
- One who is one e.g.: BABY
- Rib structure: CAGE
- Slightest opportunity: GHOSTOFACHANCE
- Cooks in the oven maybe: ROASTS
- Future atty.s exam: LSAT
- Word that can be a state abbreviation: ILL
- Not outer: INNER
- Sprechen ___ Deutsch?: SIE
- Second-brightest stars: BETAS
- Tina of 30 Rock: FEY
- Ilhan in Congress: OMAR
- Country singer Underwood: CARRIE
- Big name in underwear: FRUITOFTHELOOM
- Raise to the third power: CUBE
- ___ Im saying is …: ALLS
- Dirty look: SNEER
- Victory: WIN
- Whoops in a text: MYB
- Rapper with the 2010 hit No Hands: WAKAFLOCKAFLAME
- High point: APEX
- ___ we there yet?: ARE
- Spiteful feeling: MALICE
- Headquarters: BASE
- Dedicated poem: ODE
- Where to find the starts of 17- 28- 45- and 58-Across?: PACMAN
- Parts of some smiles: GAPS
- You can open it with a twist: OREO
- Peddle: SELL
- Haha: LOL
- Cheer for a matador: OLE
- Khmer temple: WAT
- Phrase of clarification: ASIN
- Ideal scenario: BESTCASE
- Toadstool topper: CAP
- Product of solar steeping: SUNTEA
- Nook in a church: APSE
- Academic acronym: STEM
- ___ doeuvres: HORS
- The Banana Boat Song: DAYO
- Last thing to go in a pocket one hopes: EIGHTBALL
- Big name in speakers: BOSE
- Plastic grass: ASTROTURF
- Group whose Butter video was the fastest to reach 100 million views on YouTube (2021): BTS
- Obama health legislation for short: ACA
- Dead duck: GONER
- Yuzuru ___ first skater to successfully land a quadruple loop in competition: HANYU
- Bat an eye say: FLIRT
- Certain explosive informally: NITRO
- Assert: CLAIM
- Otherwise: ELSE
- Funky bit of noodling: RIFF
- Something agreed upon by consenting sexual partners: SAFEWORD
- Greek god of love: EROS
- Word with angry or flash: MOB
- Cartoon frame: CEL
- Alpine climbers tool: ICEAXE
- Bit of hair: HANK
- Home test kit component: SWAB
- County north of San Francisco: NAPA
- Just gets (by): EKES
- Beverage brand whose mascot is a polar bear in a sweater: ICEE
- Mangle e.g.: MAIM
- Community pool org.: YMCA
- Ive ___ thinking …: BEEN
- Dweller on the Mekong River: LAO
- Bass booster: AMP
- Sky safety org.: FAA
- Inc. cousin: LLC
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.