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Clue Answer
GRIN SMILE
TITLE FOR IAN MCKELLEN SIR
Sleepytime Bear product TEA
MUST-HAVE NEED
Before and ___ ('Wheel of Fortune' category) AFTER
Knee tissue, for short ACL
Home plate official UMP
'That's right!' YEP
Daffodil part STEM
MENACING STATEMENT THREAT
Residential loans HOMEMORTGAGES
'Grown-ish' star Shahidi YARA
Comedian's platform STAGE
TENANT'S CONTRACT LEASE
RESCUER SAVIOR
___ Pieces (peanut butter candies) REESES
SOME SHEEP EWES
Flying saucer, for example UFO
Silver or steel METAL
Scoreboard count (Abbr.) PTS
UNCORKING SOUND POP
Music genre whose E stands for 'electronic' EDM
INFURIATED MAD
Word before 'storm' or 'angel' SNOW
'Virgo's ___' (Beyonce song) GROOVE
'CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!' ITSON
Word before 'ring' or 'board' MOOD
Gestures of agreement NODS
Periodontist's speciality GUMS
PROPOSALS OFFERS
SLIP PAST EVADE
SLIP PAST ELUDE
'Rap Sh!t' creator Issa RAE
Long stretches of time EONS
Primary spirit in a Manhattan RYE
'Whichever works' EITHER
NOT ALL SOME
CRUMB-CARRYING INSECT ANT
Labels on T-shirts TAGS
SPANISH CHEER OLE
'Just a heads-up . . .' FYI
Ingredient for making pasta EGG
Texas-to-Louisiana direction EAST
___ to pick (minor complaints) NITS
'Star Wars' villain Kylo REN
*GULP* OHNO
STANDARDS NORMS
HAVE ON WEAR
The ___-Missouria Tribe OTOE
U.S. astronauts' org NASA
Thick-leaved succulent ALOE
THOUGHT IDEA
RADIATE EMIT
DOES SOME SUMS ADDS
Place for a brooch LAPEL
'Salt Fat Acid ___' (Samin Nosrat book) HEAT
'___ MISERABLES' LES
CHASED PURSUED
RIPPED TORE
HIGH-___ MONITOR RES
Sinus expert ENT
'12 Men of Christmas' or 'Fatal Lessons: The Good Teacher' LIFETIMEMOVIE
Magazine boss EDITOR
DEVOUR EAT
Identical ones are rare TRIPLETS
Has a debt to settle OWES