The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Puzzle 1

Chess, for example, according to some of my less athletic friends

One of 10 or less in a grocery store line, unless you're an asshole

Drop and roll partner

Let

No more than

Prepare a present

Ctrl-v

Earn

It costs a $1.19 right now

Tanya Weinreis: "I feel for local businesses... now facing the terriying prospect of Joe Biden." Colbert: "I gotta say that is a tough line to sell. Who's terrified of Joe Biden, other than ___?"

Lion lair

The white ones far outnumber the black ones on a certain instrument

Like a Jack-o'-lantern on Thanksgiving

Small bit of a gig

Remote batteries

A ways away

Like the trajectory of a lobbed ball

Regarding Kimberly Guilfoyle's 6-minutes screaming at the camera, Colbert: "Her ex-husband is the governor of California, I'm guessing that wasn't an amicable split. But I think I know who was awarded custody ___."

A butcher's knife, harpoon, or an alligator according to Homer Simpson

Sharpened toothbrushes, perhaps

"___ well that ends well"

Colbert: "Wait... am I a Republican? Do they have ___ for that?"

Irritates

Flotsam or Jetsam, e.g., Ursula's hench-fish

Angsty and listening to, let's say, Fall Out Boy

Place for pigs

Well known Italian fashion house

Put the pedal to the metal, literally

NNW opposite

Colbert: "According to one campaign aid, 'Don Jr. represents the emotional center of the MAGA universe...' And it makes sense, he's like a black hole, ___."

It's ripped to get you high

Length times width, for a rectangle

Ménage à ___, literally, household of three

Liquid oxygen, for a rocket ship

Selections of whiskeys

Jibe

___ and Fury, bombshell book about the Trump White House

"Drug Abuse Resistance Education", but since that's hard to remember, how about "Drugs Are Really Expensive"

Clarinets, oboes, and the like

Having a strong, pleasant taste

Setting

One of two whose net worth is about a quarter of a billion dollars (damn, I wish my parents put me to work on Full House as a toddler!)

College military program, for short

Moved one's seat up and down

Coming out phrase, or what suspiciously many women have told me when I ask for their number

Jacob and Edward, of Twilight fandom (I'm on Jacob's for life!!!)

The "dumb" Trump. Jesus, what a low bar

You know they're getting lit during the holiday season

Like some dreams and potatoes

A movement backward in faith

Implement for a 32-Down

HMO alternative (Wow, TWO options to overpay for healthcare? What a great system!)

Brain test, abbr.

Your not supposed to pick your own (or anyone else's, really)

Super Bowl LII champion

"Sure, we can enforce a ___ code, forbidding spaghetti straps and shorts that go above the mid-thigh, but how can we make the kids wear masks???": Many school principals right now

Scary Spice, by a less frightful, less tangy name

Offroading autos, for short

On a boat, bitch

Crew member?

Profession that might claim a canary as a business expense

Extremely

In good shape, or attractive in British slang

Word repeated before, "go away!"

Like some cheese, or me after watching a shampoo commercial

Camping necessity

Historic symbol of communist ideology -or- Elmo, for example

The ___ Tape, alleged piece of black mail Putin has over Trump

Important thing to be aware of when going for the G-spot

Take the wheel

Full or new, for example

Get laid

Bolted down some white powder

It has three of them

A Stark from Game of Thrones

Plead

Eternal companion, abbr.

Something yelled during a Ménage à 59-Across, perhaps