Crossword clues for Here's the answer at last! 3 lettersAnswerClueENDApt last answerAHAHere's the answer at last!ENDCoincidentally and aptly, it was also yesterday's last Down answerENDWith 1-Across, a football play, or an apt description of what's hidden in the last part of the answer to each starred clueBARHappy hour site, and word that can follow each last name in the answers to starred cluesGUNSee 39-Across ... and a word that can precede the last word of the starred answersMIXWhat to do to the last word of each starred answerMAGNewsstand buy, for short—one begins each of the four longest puzzle answers (and also ends the last one)TEDWith 45-Across, popular lecture series ... or a hint to three letters plus the last word of each starred answer?DDSDeg. of the professional who may instruct you to do the last words of the four longest puzzle answersGASWord that can precede the last word of the four longest puzzle answersICEZamboni-prepared surface, and word that can follow the last word of the puzzle's four longest answersENDWith 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answersHATThe last word of this puzzle's five longest answers is a type of oneESSLast letter in most plurals (but not in this puzzle's six longest answers, which are the only plurals in this grid)CURTAINAgatha Christie novel subtitled "Poirot's Last Case," or what can follow the starred answers' last wordsHANSZIMMERComposer who won an Oscar for 2021's "Dune" (First 2 letters in this answer + last 4)DIAMONDBACKArizona athlete, and a hint to what can follow the starred answers' last wordsSKYDIVEGo into free fall (Note this answer's last 4 letters + 1 letter above the block to the right + ...)PAPERROUTESJobs for kids on bikes (In this answer's last word, note letters 3, 4 and 6)DEMILOVATOVat, e.g., for this answer's last six letters?PRINCESSDIPurple Beanie Baby's royal namesake, familiarly (Note this answer's last 2 letters + ...)IHATEDRAMA*Line inspired by a scene? (Note this answer's last 4 letters)SEMIFORMALFor, e.g., for this answer's last six letters?EONTOLOGISTSPALDinosaur experts (Hint: Read this answer's last 3 letters first)BLACKARTSMovement that empowered African American creators (Hint: Unscramble this answer's last word and think "Toronto")HALFGALLONAll, e.g., for this answer's last six letters?TURKEYCLUB*Meaty sandwich (note each starred answer's last word)HEMISPHEREHer, e.g., for this answer's last six letters?THEXFACTORHard-to-define element, or a hint to what can precede each last word in answers to starred cluesSMOKELight up, and word that can precede the last word of answers to starred cluesICANTSorry, too busy (In this clue's answer, note the last 3 letters + the first 3 of 21-Across)TABLEPostpone, as a motion (and word that can follow the last word of answers to starred clues)FINGERDigit that can precede last parts of answers to starred cluesNTHDEGREEExtreme extent (In this answer, note the last 4 and first letters)DISSIPATEVanish gradually (in this clue's answer, note the last 4 letters + ...)BLACKJACKCasino game, and hint to the theme in last words of answers to starred cluesEARLYSPRINGLate March, say (theme hint: in this answer, switch the last word's second letter with the one below it)SHORTCHANGETreat unfairly, or a hint to each starred answer's scrambled last wordFREEWIFICoffee shop amenity (Note the last words of 18-, 26- and 44-Across. Then note the last two letters of this answer + ...)JOINFORCESTeam up ... or, literally, what the last words of the answers to starred clues can doTALKINGSHOPDiscussing the job with colleagues, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues seem to be doingAHEADIn the future, or, when spoken with a long starting vowel, what the last word of the answers to starred clues can havePOOLParlor game, and word that can follow the last word of the answers to asterisked cluesASKFORITIgnore warnings, say ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred cluesJACKSPRATNursery rhyme guy whose last name inspired the answers to starred clues?PAPERBACKSoftcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can haveCRYUNCLEConcede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred cluesSNOWJOBSPersuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred cluesENDGAMEChess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have
