| DROP | "Don't ___ the baton" (relay race instruction) |
| DROP | "Shop til you ___" |
| DROP | "Turkey ___," 2019 comedy-drama film starring Olivia Holt and Cheryl Hines |
| DROP | "___ Dead Diva" (Lifetime fantasy series starring Brooke Elliott) |
| DROP | "___ Dead Diva" (Lifetime series) |
| DROP | "___ Dead Gorgeous" (Kirsten Dunst beauty pageant mockumentary) |
| DROP | "___ Dead Gorgeous" (beauty pageant film starring Kirsten Dunst) |
| DROP | "___ Dead Gorgeous," 1999 American comedy film directed by Michael Patrick Jann, starring Allison Janney |
| DROP | "___ and give me twenty!" (drill sergeant's command) |
| DROP | "___ it Like it's Hot," Snoop Dogg single covered by Michael Scott in season 2 of "The Office" |
| DROP | "___ the Mic," segment on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" |
| DROP | "___ the Pilot" (Joan Armatrading song covered by Mandy Moore) |
| DROP | "___ the mic" |
| DROP | "___ the sarcasm!" |
| DROP | Abandon; discontinue |
| DROP | Abrupt descent |
| DROP | Accidentally let go of |
| DROP | Action between stop and roll |
| DROP | Album release |
| DROP | Allow to fall |
| DROP | Allow to fall vertically |
| DROP | Antonym of 34 Across |
| DROP | At the ___ of a hat (immediately) |
| DROP | Barely enough to wet one's whistle |
| DROP | Be released, as a new song |
| DROP | Become weaker |
| DROP | Bit of a trickle |
| DROP | Bit of dew |
| DROP | Bit of drizzle |
| DROP | Bit of eye lubricant |
| DROP | Bit of facial serum |
| DROP | Bit of liquid |
| DROP | Bit of rain |
| DROP | Bit of water |
| DROP | Blackmailer's meeting point |
| DROP | Cancel, as in a plan |
| DROP | Casually mention, as a celebrity's name |
| DROP | Cease to consider |
| DROP | Climactic part of a dance song |
| DROP | Clumsily let slip from one's hands |
| DROP | Command you may use to make your dog "leave the cushion" |
| DROP | Cough ___ (candy for a sore throat) |
| DROP | Cough ___ (lozenge from Halls or Ricola) |
| DROP | Cough ___ (lozenge that may contain menthol) |
| DROP | Cough ___ (lozenge) |
| DROP | Cough ___ (throat-soothing lozenge) |
| DROP | Cough or lemon follower |
| DROP | Decline |
| DROP | Decline in value, as share prices |
| DROP | Decline, as prices |
| DROP | Decrease |
| DROP | Delete |
| DROP | Deliver by chute |
| DROP | Deliver by parachute |
| DROP | Deliver via airlift |
| DROP | Deliver via parachute |
| DROP | Delivery by parachute |
| DROP | Descend |
| DROP | Dew follower |
| DROP | Discontinue |
| DROP | Discontinue, as a subject in college |
| DROP | Dismiss, as charges |
| DROP | Doctor sees work decline |
| DROP | Doctor sees work decrease |
| DROP | Doctor sees work fall |
| DROP | Doctor sees work reduce |
| DROP | Don't catch |
| DROP | Downslide |
| DROP | Downturn |
| DROP | Downturn in stocks |
| DROP | Egg ___ soup |
| DROP | Egg ___ soup (Chinese restaurant appetizer) |
| DROP | Exhibit extreme exhaustion |
| DROP | Express casually |
| DROP | Eye medication dose |
| DROP | Fail to catch |
| DROP | Fail to catch, as a ball |
| DROP | Fail to hang onto |
| DROP | Fail to hold |
| DROP | Fall |
| DROP | Fall (off) |
| DROP | Fall vertically |
| DROP | Fall, as temperature, say |
| DROP | First sign of rain |
| DROP | Fumble |
| DROP | Fumble, like a ball |
| DROP | Get rid of |
| DROP | Globule |
| DROP | Globule of liquid |
| DROP | Go down |
| DROP | Go downward |
| DROP | Go from high to low |
| DROP | Go south, as a market |
| DROP | Go south, as a stock market |
| DROP | Hard candy |
| DROP | Height of a fall |
| DROP | Iota |
| DROP | Just a __ in the bucket |
| DROP | Just a ___ in the bucket |
| DROP | Just a ___ in the bucket (not much at all) |
| DROP | Lemon ___ |
| DROP | Lemon ___ (hard yellow candy) |
| DROP | Lemon ___ (sour candy) |
| DROP | Lemon candy |
| DROP | Lemony lozenge |
| DROP | Let fall |
| DROP | Let fall accidentally |
| DROP | Let fall down |
| DROP | Let fall vertically |
| DROP | Let go |
| DROP | Let go (of) |
| DROP | Let go of |
| DROP | Let go of by accident |
| DROP | Let gravity take over |
| DROP | Little bit |
| DROP | Lose a grip on |
| DROP | Lose one's grip on |
| DROP | Lose the handle on |
| DROP | Lose, as a carrier might with a call |
| DROP | Lozenge |
| DROP | Mention casually |
| DROP | Mic __: triumphant move |
| DROP | Mic ___ (gesture to end a great performance) |
| DROP | Mic ___ (orator's gesture) |
| DROP | Mic ___ (performer's triumphant finale) |
| DROP | Minimal moisture |
| DROP | Minimal rain |
| DROP | Minute quantity |
| DROP | Moles could well use a dead one |
| DROP | No longer carry |
| DROP | No longer insure |
| DROP | Nosedive |
| DROP | Omit |
| DROP | One-third of a fire safety instruction |
| DROP | Parachuting event |
| DROP | Pass receiver's miscue |
| DROP | Pear-shaped bit of a liquid |
| DROP | Pendant |
| DROP | Pickleball shot |
| DROP | Piece of hard candy |
| DROP | Pipette's output |
| DROP | Place to leave a ransom payment |
| DROP | Plummet |
| DROP | Plummet, or fall |
| DROP | Plunge |
| DROP | Plunge, as winter temperatures |
| DROP | Pull out of a class, like many a college student |
| DROP | Quit discussing |
| DROP | Rain unit |
| DROP | Reduce |
| DROP | Reduction |
| DROP | Release to the public, informally |
| DROP | Release, as a new album |
| DROP | Release, as a new single |
| DROP | Release, as a single |
| DROP | Release, as a song, in modern lingo |
| DROP | Release, as an album |
| DROP | Roller coaster feature |
| DROP | Roller coaster plunge |
| DROP | Sag |
| DROP | Scream-inducing part of a roller-coaster ride |
| DROP | See 1-Down |
| DROP | See 47-Down |
| DROP | Sell-off, say |
| DROP | Send by parachute |
| DROP | Shop till you ___, idiom that describes spending a lot of time shopping |
| DROP | Showdown edge |
| DROP | Slang for when an artist releases a new album |
| DROP | Slight amount |
| DROP | Small amount |
| DROP | Small amount in a bucket |
| DROP | Small indefinite quantity |
| DROP | Small quantity of liquid |
| DROP | Smidgen |
| DROP | Smith Brothers unit |
| DROP | So quiet you could hear a pin ___ |
| DROP | Spy's spot |
| DROP | Steep slope |
| DROP | Stock market decline |
| DROP | Stop attending, as a course |
| DROP | Stop bringing up |
| DROP | Stop carrying |
| DROP | Stop discussing |
| DROP | Stop talking about |
| DROP | Sudden fall |
| DROP | Take a fall |
| DROP | Tear unit? |
| DROP | Teensy amount |
| DROP | Teensy amount of a liquid? |
| DROP | Teensy amount of liquid |
| DROP | The shape of water? |
| DROP | Tiniest bit |
| DROP | Tiniest bit of liquid |
| DROP | Tiniest sip |
| DROP | Tiniest taste |
| DROP | Tiny amount |
| DROP | Tiny amount of rain |
| DROP | Tiny bit |
| DROP | Tiny bit of rain |
| DROP | Tiny bit of rain or dew |
| DROP | Tiny bit of water |
| DROP | Trapdoor |
| DROP | Vertical fall |
| DROP | Waiting for the other shoe to ___ |
| DROP | Wee bit |
| DROP | What prices do in bear markets |
| DROP | Where hoods get goods |
| DROP | Wide receiver’s gaffe |
| DROP | With 5-Down and 2-Down, mess up at a critical moment ... or participate in a New Year's Eve tradition? |
| DROP | Withdraw from, as a case |
| DROP | Withdraw from, as a class |
| DROP | Withdraw from, as a college class |
| DROP | Word after "rain" or "tear" |
| DROP | Word after ear or tear |
| DROP | Word attached to gum or rain |
| DROP | Word attached to tear or rain |
| DROP | Word before "a hint," "a line" or "the ball" |
| DROP | Word before "a hint," "a line," or "the ball" |
| DROP | Word before "kick" or "pass" |
| DROP | Word before anchor |
| DROP | Word before kick or pass |
| DROP | Word following "rain" or "tear" |
| DROP | Word following eye or nose |
| DROP | Word that can follow "gum" or "rain" |
| DROP | Word that can follow "rain" or "tear" |
| DROP | Word with anchor or dead |
| DROP | Word with anchor or off |
| DROP | Word with rain or tear |
| DROP | [See notepad] |
| DROP | __ in on; visit |
| DROP | __ out; quit school |
| DROP | __ zone |
| DROP | ___ Everything and Read |
| DROP | ___ in on (visit with no warning) |
| DROP | ___ in the bucket (very small amount) |
| DROP | ___ the ball (mess up) |
| DROP | ___ tower (amusement park ride with a free-fall) |
| DROP | ___-dead gorgeous (extremely pretty) |
| DROP | ___-down menu |
| DROP | * NYE "ball" event or a synonym of 1a |