ANIMATE
Category: The New Yorker Crossword
Titular portal in a sci-fi show
STARGATE
Time-saving abbr. for a bibliographer
ETAL
Term for “assistant foreman” supposedly coined by farm workers
STRAWBOSS
StubHub purchases, briefly
TIX
Story in a sermon, say
PARABLE
Stokes up
FUELS
Steadily erode
EATAWAY
Solicitous attention, for short
TLC
Showing a profit
INTHEBLACK
Sailor’s waterproof hat
SOUWESTER
Rockets, to a Hold’em player
ACES