Training Montage

Dent starter?

Org. that once threatened to sue the Girl Scouts for singing campfire songs without paying licensing fees

Place to make a vow or a sacrifice, depending on the mood

Rare as ___'s teeth

Fingerprint identifier

Gets close to

Units I install earlier and uninstall later every year, which is Probably Fine and Normal

Chicago pizza mainstay that one of this puzzle's constructors still hasn't been to despite living in Chicago and the other of this puzzle's constructors thinks is pretty good but not as good as Giordano's

Those who have not yet had the chance to become 1337

"Wait, don't go yet!"

Traditional Scottish garment that's huge for supporters of men's calves

Strengthens

Breakfast spot that should pay me $5 every time I write a crossword clue for it

Something to do to a bed or an idea

What our time together is, once you finish this puzzle

Ironic homophone for Cupid's favorite projectile

Coding language I learned from neopets.com

Rule enforcer for da Bears

People working on an eras tour?

Dance partner for janitors and Cinderellas

Down in the dumps

Bounce

Cows, to a child who loves animal noises

Words signifying that it's going to be a while before someone actually agrees not to pick up the tab

Shoe retailer hidden in "piebald oxfords"

Hawai'ian family

54D, in Bologna

Second best many colored coat wearer (after Dolly Parton)

Feral sound

What can be found on Hulu, or in the Loop

Part of the Tupperware set that you'll inevitably have too many or too little of as soon as you look away

Buffy character who proves that "narrative foil" can and should mean "love interest"

"Well butter me up and call me a biscuit!"

Like Chicago's sidewalks for up to six months of the year

Simply not done

Maslow's hierarchy organizes them and yet he did not think to include 'being the hottest person at the grocery store'

Org. where you might start your journey on an elevated train, continue on a commuter train, and end on a bus, as shown in the circled letters

Email sign-off for the gracious

Kickback

It's underfoot!

Tools for bookmaking, cobbling, and murder if you're quick

HBO competitor, in short

Your aunt's daughter, or your aunt's daughter's son, or your aunt's mom's aunt's husband's niece, or some guy named Mike who's at your family reunion and you're not sure why, or...

Plate or plot follower

Fancy piece of tech to purchase, circa 2007

___ mundi

What I whisper to myself when I'm about to be annoying on purpose so I remember that it's for feminism

Ink (up)

Musical nickname I learned via Nicki's verse in "Bang Bang"

Type of feed I have to figure out how to use every time I sign up for a new podcast Patreon

"The Mountain Eagle" or "Flappy Bird", e.g.

Second string

Song Kevin Bacon has to bribe wedding DJs not to play

"Mein ___" ("Cabaret" song)

"We should be on Hot ___" (something my friends say even though none of us are famous and most of them aren't that spice tolerant) (the constructors of this puzzle would like you know we're fine with spice, it's just our friends who are wimps)

One of many unread files in my downloads folder

One of the only pasta sauce brands that can help you get by in conversational Italian

Risky way to go?

"Fat ___" (2021 play inspired by Shakespeare)

"This is a surprise ___ that will help us later!"

Portable music player that all the coolest crossword puzzle creators are still using in 2024

Runs into the room and starts fighting a monster without checking for traps first, e.g.

Brand that still has not solved the age old question "Can a printer actually work?"

UFC sport

Mint cocktail whose name is a Spanish diminuitive for 'wet', which I sure hope it is

Get some air

With a certain slant?

Like a dress code that won't let you have casual Friday

"See? SEE???"

Something picked by seemingly every New Englander on every fall weekend

52A, in Madrid

Has a look at

Cool (but definitely not new) word for frequent

Agency that keeps the airplanes from falling straight out of the sky, I assume (abbr.)

Little white lie, like when my transit app tells me my bus will arrive in zero minutes

Product in menu items at Wake N Bakery on Halsted