Across

Lead	MAIN
Jan. 1, for all racing thoroughbreds in the Northern Hemisphere	BDAY
Rotten, as chances	SLIM
Bit of shelter	EAVE
Boombox sound	BLARE
Place for a flat	TIRE
Is propelled by fans	CROWDSURFS
River through Bath	AVON
Final four?	HORSEMEN
___ Belova a.k.a. Black Widow	YELENA
Flexible request	ANY
Aix-___-Bains, France	LES
"Be right there …"	ONESEC
Strategy to prevent a runner from stealing a base	PITCHOUT
Fruity cooler	ADE
"Funky Cold Medina" rapper	TONELOC
Drudge or trudge	PLOD
Who wrote "In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling"	GERTRUDESTEIN
Sun, say	BASK
One-third of France's motto	EGALITE
Genre prefix	ALT
What Rose decides to do for Jack in "Titanic"	POSENUDE
Pointed the finger at	BLAMED
Sch. that's home to the Keydets	VMI
Cousin of a crow	JAY
Mocha native	YEMENI
Part of the mind that is "like all propagandists, relentlessly repetitive," per Adam Phillips	SUPEREGO
Unfettered	FREE
Waved at, maybe	SHOOEDAWAY
Word before "Nobody" or "No Sunshine" in R&B titles	AINT
Long-term security, for short	TBOND
Format of some N.S.A. leaks	MEMO
Body of art?	TATS
Track, often	SONG
Porter alternatives	ALES

Down

Anime and manga genre involving robots	MECHA
M.L.B. career leader in total bases	AARON
___ tower	IVORY
It's broken by hounds	NEWS
Old Nickelodeon kids' show featuring a puppy leaving paw print hints to be solved	BLUESCLUES
Cry that might be said while snapping the fingers	DARN
Pound sound	ARF
"Who else would I be talking to?!"	YESYOU
Banal	STALE
Hides one's true self	LIVESALIE
Attached, as a patch	IRONEDON
Terrorized, say	MENACED
Ability to detect misinformation, slangily	BSMETER
Use a roller on, in a way	DELINT
Battle of Isengard fighter	ENT
Meat in tonkatsu	PORK
___-podge	HODGE
"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" novelist, 2019	OCEANVUONG
Tribute	TESTAMENT
___ Postlethwaite, whom Spielberg once called "the best actor in the world"	PETE
Indoor arcade	GALLERIA
Had bad posture	SLUMPED
Picked up	TIDIED
Something most people lose with age	BABYFAT
"The tongue of the soul," per Cervantes	PEN
Sappho and Horace	ODISTS
They may include dashes	MEETS
Ring highlight?	JEWEL
Best effort	AGAME
Oscillates wildly	YOYOS
In a moment	SOON
Hindu embodiment of virtue	RAMA
"The White Lotus" airer	HBO