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TIMETOHITTHEHAY"It's bedtime for me!" LITTLEWHITELIES'Small cue ball' is fiction THESOUNDOFMUSICStrains? That's the story ARMOREDDINOSAURAnkylosaurus, for one BOOGIEDOWNBRONXHip-hop's birthplace, colloquially BOLTONWANDERERSEccentric wore brand stolen from football club ADVENTCALENDARSTheir last windows are opened on Christmas Eve LOSTONESDIGNITYDidn't save face COLORADOSPRINGSDesperately poor lad crossing city ASANENDINITSELFHow humanity exists, per Kant SEEMSREASONABLE"That's not so outrageous" VOICECONTROLLEDSmart, in a way INCOMPLETEGRADEI may stand for it PUTAFACETOANAMEFinally meet in person, or how to make the starred clues match their answers