eatnik

I'm a British crossword doer usually, and the italicized clues reminded me of British cryptic clues - except they were missing the third part that these types of cryptic clues would have. So for fun I've had a go at adding it: Meditation chant, in a sense, is excessive. Tennis do-over, in a way takes inside and outside bets. Superman portrayer, in so many words, comes occasionally. Oopsie - it requires a passport or driver's licence, in a manner of speaking. Action star Jet, in a nutshell, is often found at the beach.

I did not realise until *after* I had completed it and read this blog that the first two letters of the down clues are the first two letters of the down answers 🤦🏻‍♀️ I did the whole thing guessing what the words could be without knowing the first two letters.