| 7
| FORTLEE |
Northern New Jersey Town |
| 3
| FOO |
Rock's ___ Fighters |
| 3
| RYE |
City On The New York/connecticut Border |
| 3
| RYE |
New York Town That's Home To Playland Amusement Park |
| 3
| EMO |
Rock Type |
| 3
| ODE |
Poet Amanda Gorman's "___ To Our Ocean" |
| 3
| UTE |
People For Whom A State Is Named |
| 3
| IND |
State In Which "parks & Recreation" Is Set Abbr. |
| 3
| UTE |
Native People For Whom A State Is Named |
| 3
| ZEN |
Kind Of State |
| 3
| CST |
Winter Hrs. In New Orleans |
| 4
| YALE |
New Haven Alma Mater Of Five Presidents |
| 4
| LIAM |
Gallagher Of Rock's Oasis |
| 4
| SARA |
New York City's ___ Delano Roosevelt Park |
| 4
| IONA |
College In New Rochelle, N.y. |
| 4
| MAGS |
New York, Chicago And Los Angeles, In Brief |
| 4
| SADE |
One-named Singer With The Album "lovers Rock" |
| 4
| ROME |
New York City |
| 4
| ACDC |
Rock Band Name With A Slash |
| 4
| AMES |
Home Of Iowa State |
| 4
| GLAM |
Rock Genre For Roxy Music |
| 4
| TRUE |
Being In Accordance With The Actual State Or Conditions |
| 4
| HAZE |
Befuddled State |
| 4
| LAKE |
Artificial Feature In New York's Central Park |
| 4
| YANG |
Andrew Who Ran For President And Mayor Of New York City |
| 4
| LEIA |
"star Wars" General With The Line "if You See Our Son, Bring Him Home" |
| 4
| SEGO |
Utah's State Flower |
| 5
| MOTIF |
Recurring Theme |
| 5
| METAL |
Rock Genre |
| 5
| BOISE |
State Capital In The So-called "treasure Valley" |
| 5
| UTICA |
Upstate New York City |
| 5
| SCROD |
New England Seafood Staple |
| 5
| PEONY |
Indiana's State Flower |
| 5
| CANDY |
Word With Rock Or Hard |
| 5
| RIGHT |
Being In Accordance With The Actual State Or Conditions |
| 5
| GEODE |
Crystal-filled Rock |
| 5
| MOVIN |
"___ On Up" ("the Jeffersons" Theme) |
| 5
| HESSE |
German State That Includes Frankfurt |
| 5
| ELISE |
Educator/writer ___ Johnson Mcdougald, First African American Female Principal In New York City Public Schools |
| 6
| ENMITY |
Hostile State |
| 6
| ALTPOP |
Genre Similar To Indie Rock |
| 6
| PROPER |
Being In Accordance With The Actual State Or Conditions |
| 6
| TOPEKA |
Capital That Ends With Its State's First Two Letters |
| 6
| ELMIRA |
New York City Where Mark Twain Is Buried |
| 6
| UNEASE |
Disquieted State |
| 6
| THRALL |
State Of Subjugation |
| 6
| PICKUP |
Learn, As A New Skill ... Or What Can Precede The Ends Of 20-, 36-, 42- And 59-across |
| 6
| SOLLAL |
Korean New Year, Celebrated On Feb. 1, 2022 |
| 6
| ANTONY |
___ Blinken, Biden's Secretary Of State |
| 6
| NOWRUZ |
Iranian New Year, Celebrated On March 21, 2022 |
| 7
| NEVADAN |
In-state Attendee Of Great Basin College, E.g. |
| 7
| SCREAMO |
Rock Subgenre Named For Its Vocal Aesthetic |
| 7
| ALABAMA |
Home Of Gulf State Park |
| 7
| BEATLES |
Rock Band That Memorably Played Carnegie Hall On 2/12/1964, With "the" |
| 7
| PRECISE |
Being In Accordance With The Actual State Or Conditions |
| 7
| AQUATIC |
Like The Five Animals In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 7
| STRIKER |
One Seeking A New Agreement, Perhaps |
| 7
| BIGEASY |
Nickname For New Orleans, Celebrated By The Answers To The Starred Clues And Suggested By The Shaded Squares |
| 7
| LABAMBA |
Classic Rock Standard With Spanish Lyrics |
| 7
| ALADDIN |
1992 Disney Film With The Ballad "a Whole New World" |
| 8
| DOCUSOAP |
Genre For "jersey Shore" And "the Real World" |
| 8
| LATESHOW |
It Ends After Midnight In New York, With "the" |
| 8
| SONGKRAN |
Thai New Year, Celebrated On April 13, 2022 |
| 8
| ACCURATE |
Being In Accordance With The Actual State Or Conditions |
| 9
| SECLUSION |
Act Or Instance Of Separating Or The State Of Being Separated |
| 9
| LETMEDOWN |
"i Dated My Rock Climbing Instructor For A While, But He Just ..." |
| 9
| ALONETIME |
It's Usually In Short Supply For New Parents |
| 9
| MADEAFIST |
Prepared To Play Rock Paper Scissors |
| 10
| BUDDYHOLLY |
Self-titled Rock Album Of 1958 |
| 10
| SEPARATION |
Act Or Instance Of Separating Or The State Of Being Separated |
| 10
| QUARANTINE |
Act Or Instance Of Separating Or The State Of Being Separated |
| 10
| SWITCHJOBS |
Change Careers, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
| 11
| MATHTEACHER |
Someone Well Versed In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 12
| LAWOFGRAVITY |
Scientific Contribution From 98-down, Discovered In A Manner Suggested By This Puzzle's Theme |
| 12
| LITTLEDIPPER |
At The Party Where The Scientist Was Demonstrating Her New Shrink Ray, [zap!] The Punch Ladle Turned Into A ... |
| 12
| ROSHHASHANAH |
Jewish New Year, Celebrated On Sept. 25, 2022 |
| 14
| SPRINGFESTIVAL |
Chinese New Year, Celebrated On Feb. 1, 2022 |
| 14
| MARGARETFARRAR |
First Puzzle Editor Of The New York Times |
| 15
| THESOUNDOFMUSIC |
Rodgers And Hammerstein's "do-re-mi" Show, With A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
