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