Clue

Answer

Copy,' to a cat

IDIG

Hogan's Heroes' colonel

KLINK

Nice joke!'

HAH

Not good, amigo'

NOBUENO

Remarkable!'

WOW

Socrate' composer

SATIE

That cult's initiation ceremony is brutal!' [1983]

THEIRRITESTOUGH

Well, shucks!'

AWMAN

Works for me!'

DEAL

You didn't fool me!'

IKNEWIT

You there, hoarding the Quattro razor! Scram!' [2002]

SCHICKHOGGO

___ OK!'

THATS

1983 #1 hit for David Bowie

LETSDANCE

Acclaimed rock-and-roll biopic of 2022

ELVIS

Actress Davis

GEENA

Aerial threat during the Cold War

MIG

Alternative to Levi's

LEES

Ambassador, in brief

REP

Anise-flavored liqueur

PERNOD

Anxiety condition, for short

OCD

Auditing a class, maybe

SITTINGIN

Ball game?

LOTTO

Belly, cutesily

TUM

Big change in price or power

SURGE

Big drinkers

SOTS

Bit of apparel that covers the face

SKIMASK

Bit of memory, for short

MEG

Bronzed New York basketball player from Bangkok [1997]

THAITANKNICK

Brought about

LEDTO

Bucatini, ziti and rigatoni, e.g

TUBES

Category for which every 30-Down in this puzzle was recognized, aptly

SOUNDMIXING

Change for the better

AMEND

Chew the fat

CHITCHAT

Classic Disney film that opens at Flynn's arcade

TRON

Classic record label

EMI

Compadre

HOMIE

Compliment to Daisy during a game of fetch

GOODGIRL

Contacting on Twitter, for short

DMING

Cosmic comeuppance

BADKARMA

Cowboy's cry of excitement

YEEHAW

Creator of the games Xybots and Klax

ATARI

Crime show spinoff, to fans

SVU

Cry after remembering to meet at noon [1984]

AHMIDDAYYES

D.D.E.'s W.W. II battleground

ETO

Diamond shapes

RHOMBI

Didn't go anywhere

IDLED

Do some making up

FIB

Dozes after a dose, say

NODSOUT

Easily persuaded sort

SOFTY

Emerald or aquamarine

BERYL

End of a flight, in two senses

LANDING

English football powerhouse, to fans

MANU

Feel bad

AIL

Filling station brand

STP

Freak

GOAPE

Ganja

WEED

Grammy-winning DiFranco

ANI

Great Basin people

UTE

Greeting that means, literally, 'love'

ALOHA

Grind

GNASH

High point of a trip to Europe?

ALP

Historic builders of rope bridges

INCAS

How one cannibal felt after devouring the other [2000]

GLADHEATEHER

I.T. bigwig

ADMIN

It may produce both a cringe and a laugh

DARKHUMOR

It's quite the stretch

EPOCH

Its loss can cause baldness

TREAD

Journalist in a field

EMBED

Jubilant cheer

OLE

Junk

TOSS

King, queen, etc

CHESSSET

Latest releases, of sorts

NEWMUSIC

Like 'threads,' for clothing

SLANGY

Like the death of 19-Across, some claim

FAKED

Like the smell of burnt rubber

ACRID

Line at a karaoke bar

LYRIC

Losing line in tic-tac-toe

XOO

Lug around

TOTE

Make an appearance

SHOW

Many a watch display, for short

LED

Many a Zoroastrian

IRANI

Miffed, with 'off'

TEED

Missions, in brief

OPS

Neighbor of a return key

BACKSLASH

Neighbor of an Emirati

OMANI

Nickname for mom's mom

GRAM

Not play by oneself, perhaps

DOADUET

Not stay outside, informally

HEADONIN

On display, as a painting

WALLHUNG

One in the oil business?

ARTIST

One way to cross a lake

CANOE

One who makes calls

UMP

Options for 'bee's knees' cocktails

GINS

Out of control

AMOK

Overly impulsive

RASH

Parks at a pier

MOORS

Part of H.K

HONG

Partner of Clark in American history

LEWIS

Passes (out)

METES

Pay (up)

ANTE

Pile of papers

SHEAF

Places

LOCI

Previously, poetically

ERE

Prominent features of Sphynx cats

EARS

Rapper behind the 'King's Disease' trilogy

NAS

Recipe qty

TBSP

Rival of a 'Vette

STANG

Sci-fi film staple, for short

CGI

Serves, with 'on'

WAITS

Show with a 'What's Up With That?' segment, for short

SNL

Six-foot runners?

ANTS

Skedaddle, with 'it'

HIGHTAIL

Some optical illusions created with one's fingers [1999]

THUMBMADETRICKS

Something in a cocoon

SILK

Somewhat off

ODD

Spurred into action

GOADED

Stefani who sang the 1996 hit 'Don't Speak'

GWEN

Subject of SETI space scans

ALIENLIFE

Summer hrs. in Dallas

CDT

Syst. of unspoken words

ASL

Tapped

CHOSE

Therein lies the rubbed

SPA

Things pandas have 20 of

TOES

Time out in pre-K?

NAP

Total breeze

SNAP

Travel through time?

AGE

Treaty that was dissolved in 2020

NAFTA

Turn into confetti

SHRED

What you get upon reading aloud the answers to the seven italicized clues

OSCARWINNER

White wine aperitif

KIR

Why the Devil was forced to pay 'The Greatest' [1969]

HELLOWEDALI

Word with pie, pot or port

HOLE

Work of appreciation

ODE

Writer Rand

AYN

Wryly comical

DROLL

[Yuck!]

RETCH

___ Hall, home of the N.C.A.A.'s Pirates

SETON

___ Stavro Blofeld, enemy of 007

ERNST