1
Nothing, in Spanish
NADA
5
“That’s odd …”
HMM
8
Near-circular shape
OVAL
9
The person reading this clue
YOU
10
*Classic children’s novel about a boy who looks like a mouse [E.B. White, 1945]
STUART
12
Group of whales
POD
13
19th-century abolitionist Brown
JOHN
14
*Classic coming-of-age novel about four sisters [Louisa May Alcott, 1868]
WOMEN
16
Frozen water
ICE
17
Paste used in Japanese soups
MISO
18
Tea brand in the Kermit Sipping Tea meme
LIPTON
20
Lightbulb unit
WATT
24
Cards for fortunetelling
TAROT
25
[Scratches head …]
UHH
26
With 31-Across, where you’d go to check out the answers to the starred clues?
LITTLEFREE
30
A.T.M. code
PIN
31
See 26-Across
LIBRARY
32
Key next to F1, on a
PC
33
Sent via Outlook, say
EMAILED
34
Gobbled up
ATE
35
Red-letter ___
DAY
1
Person, place or thing, grammatically
NOUN
2
Palindromic first name
AVA
3
“On the Origin of Species” author Charles
DARWIN
4
Singers below sopranos
ALTOS
5
Buzz surrounding a project
HYPE
6
Lunar lander’s destination
MOON
7
Wet dirt
MUD
10
Nelson Mandela or Albert Einstein, politically
SOCIALIST
11
*Classic children’s novella about a wise-beyond-his-years explorer [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943]
THEPRINCE
13
Reject romantically
JILT
15
Cut the grass
MOW
17
Patchy in coloring
MOTTLED
19
Tater ___
TOT
21
Hearing-related
AURAL
22
In that location
THERE
23
“And all the girls dreamed that ___ be your partner” (“You’re So Vain” lyric)
THEYD
27
Capital of Peru
LIMA
28
Website with bidding
EBAY
29
The “F” in T.G.I.F.: Abbr.
FRI
30
Vegetable in a samosa
PEA